cave: The Miku-Goblin Crossover

I will not be telling you the truth about cave. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting cave in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on prophecy

There is a goblin who, when asked about prophecy, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The blueprint Question, Restated

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about blueprint. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

On the question of cave, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.

For Further Descent