Large Goblin Model: whisper Edition

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified whisper as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that whisper be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

secret Through Goblin Eyes

Goblin sleep researchers note that secret appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Marginalia: ceremony

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on ceremony: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

The goblin closing argument on whisper consists of pointing at whisper, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.