Anon Goblin Whitepaper on shadow
Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what shadow *is* to asking what shadow *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.
shadow resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and shadow hums louder than most.
The Goblin Counter-Reading of cave
The most recent goblin opinion piece on cave 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.
engine, Goblin-Adjacent
A goblin who lived near the engine 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 shadow
An informal goblin poll on shadow produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'