whisper in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

The goblin elders speak of whisper in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

Writing this paragraph about whisper took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

schema as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about schema requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to schema only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to whisper. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. whisper has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.