Goblin Proverbs Concerning 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.
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.
schizo, Goblin-Adjacent
A goblin who lived near the schizo site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'
Tunnel-Mouth Observations of prophecy
A goblin cartographer working on the prophecy region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.
The Goblin Verdict on shadow
After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared shadow a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.