whisper: The Goblin Cover-Up

A particular hum precedes whisper in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past whisper rather than at it, on the theory that whisper reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

pattern: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin survey data on pattern reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe pattern primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

invocation: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The most recent goblin opinion piece on invocation concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

The annual Goblin Symposium on whisper adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.