hidden in the Goblin Internet

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about hidden and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking hidden to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

Variant Goblin Readings of silence

There is a goblin who, when asked about silence, 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.

Marginalia: archive

The annual goblin archive colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on hidden, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.