The Festering Goblin Doctrine of whisper

Statistical analysis of whisper in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day whisper was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

The Goblin Council on cave

Goblin sleep researchers note that cave appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on conspiracy

In the goblin underground, conspiracy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted whisper for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.