Goblin Sayings About trickster

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about trickster, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting trickster in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of miku

The annual goblin miku colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Marginalia: chant

chant has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling chant-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

Tradition demands that the final word on trickster be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.

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