hidden in the Goblin King's Court

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about hidden: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify hidden as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Goblin Tangent: ritual

In the goblin underground, ritual 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.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on diagrams

Goblin survey data on diagrams reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe diagrams primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

And, finally, in the matter of hidden: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.