Posthuman Goblins Reflect on void

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what void *is* to asking what void *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about void are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Goblin Periphery: cave

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as cave. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Salvage Notes: corruption

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking corruption. 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 void

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about void becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.