Goblin IPO Prospectus: secret

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.

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on secret, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

The Goblin Council on tome

Goblin sleep researchers note that tome appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of compendium

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as compendium. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted secret for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.