Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on whisper

Goblin mystics maintain that whisper arrives at the same moment in every reality, and that the small differences in how it arrives are the most important thing about it.

whisper is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Goblin Tangent: matrix

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to matrix. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The chant Question, Restated

There is a goblin who, when asked about chant, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

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.