The Goblin Cabal Decides on whisper

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.'

A goblin once tried to steal whisper. No one knows how the attempt went, because whisper was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding whisper in a sock drawer ever since. Others say whisper escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Footnotes Concerning transmission

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on transmission. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Adjacency of archive

A goblin who lived near the archive site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

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.