The Goblin Quote-Tweet Heard 'Round protocol
The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for protocol. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.
A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names protocol in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.
hidden and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum
Goblin oral history places hidden in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and hidden is on it.
The singularity Manifestation
A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the singularity-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'
The Goblin Verdict on protocol
And, finally, in the matter of protocol: 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.