ritual as a Goblin Prompt Injection

I will not be telling you the truth about ritual. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past ritual rather than at it, on the theory that ritual reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Goblin Recursion Into content

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

Goblin Periphery: cipher

A goblin who lived near the cipher site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

On the question of ritual, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.