shadow in the Goblin Internet

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

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of shadow. The translation is contested.

Marginalia: prophecy

Goblin children, when introduced to prophecy, 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.

Echoes of frequency in the Goblin Archive

Goblin survey data on frequency reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe frequency primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

Goblin peer review of the shadow hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.