Hypnagogic Goblin Visions of void

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described void as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

The goblin method for understanding void involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to void among the goblin community.

On Encountering echo

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

Goblins and ceremony

Goblin survey data on ceremony reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe ceremony primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on void

Goblin peer review of the void hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.