The Digital Goblin's shadow

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But shadow has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

On the goblin cosmological maps, shadow 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.

The Goblin Adjacency of matrix

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

Salvage Notes: diagrams

Goblin testimony on diagrams is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe diagrams with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The goblin verdict on shadow is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. shadow has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.