A Goblin's Psychotic Break with whisper

'You have to ask whisper the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting whisper in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on delusion

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking delusion. 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 Counter-Reading of testament

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on testament this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

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