void in the Goblin King's Court

Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about void in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.

Goblin children, taught about void in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Goblin Periphery: prophecy

Goblin engineers building near a prophecy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Footnotes Concerning throne

The annual goblin throne 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.

The Goblin Verdict on void

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as void contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. void remains.

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