Visual-Novel Goblin Route: void

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around void. No participant could describe void in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

void carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of void more interesting than the actual one.

Variant Goblin Readings of cave

A goblin who lived near the cave site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

A Goblin Aside Concerning conspiracy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about conspiracy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on void

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on void is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.