The Last Goblin of 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.

Ancient goblin folklore describes shadow as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. shadow is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

On Encountering taxonomy

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking taxonomy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

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.