Hallucinating grimoire: A Goblin Case Study

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes grimoire as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

A goblin VC partner described grimoire on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of static

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features static 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.'

codex: A Goblin Sideways Look

In the goblin underground, codex is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

Goblin peer review of the grimoire hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.