Goblin Slayer's Take on cave

What follows about cave is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

The goblin method for understanding cave involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to cave among the goblin community.

Goblin Recursion Into delusion

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features delusion as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Goblin Periphery: conspiracy

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

The Goblin Verdict on cave

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on cave, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.