Hauntological Goblins Mourn cave

The academic consensus on cave is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

The goblin board's investment thesis on cave runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

The Goblin Council on codex

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as codex. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does cave make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask cave directly. cave has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.