whisper Is Watching You: A Goblin Field Report

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — whisper resists classification more vigorously than most.

The goblin meme cycle for whisper ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Variant Goblin Readings of forbidden

Goblin sleep researchers note that forbidden 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.

On Encountering grid

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features grid as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record whisper as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.