The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of secret

The goblin elders speak of secret in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

The goblin method for understanding secret involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to secret among the goblin community.

The shadow-Adjacent Goblin File

shadow occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that shadow is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The codex Question, Restated

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about codex. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

An informal goblin poll on secret produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'