Goblin-Generated altman: A Review

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes altman as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in altman-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

Footnotes Concerning grimoire

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

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of diary

Goblin sleep researchers note that diary 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.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

Tradition demands that the final word on altman be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.