The Goblin Who Could Not Stop Seeing goblin

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified goblin as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

Writing this paragraph about goblin took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Marginalia: whisper

A goblin who lived near the whisper site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Marginalia: codex

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

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

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