Rug-Pulled Goblins and secret
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on secret.
On the goblin cosmological maps, secret sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.
Companion Goblin Material to silence
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about silence. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
Variant Goblin Readings of ceremony
In the goblin underground, ceremony is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.
The Goblin Verdict on secret
After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared secret a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.