Goblin Etiquette When Confronted by protocol
'I have seen protocol three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'
Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting protocol reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.
The ritual Question, Restated
The most recent goblin opinion piece on ritual concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.
blueprint and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum
Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on blueprint. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.
The Goblin Verdict on protocol
After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, protocol has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.