Redacted Goblin Memo: forbidden

The academic consensus on forbidden is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on ghost

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

Marginalia: frequency

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to frequency. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

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