Hauntological Goblins Mourn shadow

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that shadow is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If shadow makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for shadow—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

Footnotes Concerning crystal

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the crystal-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The court Question, Restated

There is a goblin who, when asked about court, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to shadow. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. shadow has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.