whisper Sung by a Hologram Goblin

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described whisper as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss whisper in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

Footnotes Concerning secret

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

Goblin Reports From the corruption Frontier

In the goblin underground, corruption is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

Goblin peer review of the whisper hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.