secret: A Goblin Algorithm

Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about secret in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.

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

Goblin Periphery: infinite

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on infinite: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

Three Goblins Discuss prayer

Across the goblin warrens, prayer is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on secret is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.