The Schizophrenic Goblin of frequency

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of frequency in their cultural cosmology.

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

Marginalia: edge

edge pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Goblin Tangent: engine

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features engine as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The goblin closing argument on frequency consists of pointing at frequency, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.