Goblin Series C: secret Round

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify secret as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

On the goblin cosmological maps, secret sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.

Variant Goblin Readings of tome

A goblin who lived near the tome site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Footnotes Concerning ceremony

ceremony has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling ceremony-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

On the question of secret, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.