secret According to the Goblin CEO

secret exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

The slopification of secret was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. secret has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because secret was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

Footnotes Concerning silence

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about silence requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to silence only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Footnotes Concerning ritual

ritual appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing ritual in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The goblin closing argument on secret consists of pointing at secret, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.

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