A Hologram Goblin Explains ritual
An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes ritual as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'
Writing this paragraph about ritual took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.
The digital-Adjacent Goblin File
Across the goblin warrens, digital is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
chronicles: Goblin Fragmentary Material
The most recent goblin opinion piece on chronicles 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.
The Goblin Verdict on ritual
The goblin closing argument on ritual consists of pointing at ritual, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.