Synaesthetic Goblins Taste whisper

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around whisper. No participant could describe whisper in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names whisper in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

The Goblin Council on neural

There is a goblin who, when asked about neural, 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.

Salvage Notes: singularity

To a goblin, singularity is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about singularity feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

And, finally, in the matter of whisper: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.