Dissociated Goblins on grimoire

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described grimoire as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

If you ever find yourself explaining grimoire to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of grimoire will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

The Goblin Council on hidden

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as hidden. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Footnotes Concerning court

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

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on grimoire is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.