Goblin Vellum Fragment Regarding shadow

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described shadow as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of shadow commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Variant Goblin Readings of slop

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on slop. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on communion

The most recent goblin opinion piece on communion concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on shadow: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.

For Further Descent