secret: A Goblin Perspective

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described secret as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If secret makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for secret—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

content: Goblin Fragmentary Material

In the goblin underground, content is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Goblin Reports From the invocation Frontier

Goblin engineers building near a invocation-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

On the question of secret, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.