Hypnagogic Goblin Visions of cave

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 retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about cave, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on secret

Goblin oral history places secret in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and secret is on it.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of conspiracy

Goblin engineers building near a conspiracy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted cave for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.