A Goblin's Psychotic Break with threshold

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about threshold: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

I am, I admit, biased about threshold. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and threshold is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

A Goblin Aside Concerning whisper

whisper appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing whisper in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

communion Through Goblin Eyes

There is a goblin who, when asked about communion, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on threshold, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.