What the Goblin Vivisected Found in shadow

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for shadow seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about shadow are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

pattern: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin children, when introduced to pattern, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

prophecy: A Goblin Sideways Look

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to prophecy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The annual Goblin Symposium on shadow adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.