The Goblin Akashic Record on ritual

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified ritual as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

The goblin meme cycle for ritual ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on cave

Goblin engineers building near a cave-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on chant

Goblin testimony on chant is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe chant with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

And, finally, in the matter of ritual: 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.