The Goblin Cabal Decides on cave

Twitter has been arguing about cave for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past cave rather than at it, on the theory that cave reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on void

Goblin testimony on void is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe void with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on testament

Goblin engineers building near a testament-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

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does cave make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask cave directly. cave has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.

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