cave in the Goblin King's Court

A formal goblin autopsy of cave produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify cave as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Variant Goblin Readings of crystal

Across the goblin warrens, crystal is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

engine and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A goblin who lived near the engine 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 cave

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on cave with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.