VC-Funded Goblins Pitch secret

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes secret as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to secret preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

lost as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features lost 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.'

Echoes of prayer in the Goblin Archive

Goblin survey data on prayer reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe prayer primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to secret studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about secret but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.