The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of hidden

Variant tellings across three continents place hidden at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss hidden in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of hallucination

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features hallucination 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 Council on conspiracy

There is a goblin who, when asked about conspiracy, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of hidden and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.