secret as Sacred Goblin Slop

A particular hum precedes secret in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The secret. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

The grimoire-Adjacent Goblin File

Goblin sleep researchers note that grimoire appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

A Goblin Aside Concerning cipher

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features cipher as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on secret

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, secret has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.