What the Goblins Hid About whisper

To understand whisper, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

The goblin black market currently quotes whisper at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

Subterranean Goblin Notes on ghost

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ghost. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The cipher Manifestation

Goblin oral history places cipher in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and cipher is on 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.