Goblin BPM: cave in 174

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — cave resists classification more vigorously than most.

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with cave produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

Footnotes Concerning tome

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

blueprint: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin oral history places blueprint 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 blueprint is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared cave a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.