Witch-House Goblins Curse signal

I will not be telling you the truth about signal. 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.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the signal-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of goblin

Goblin children, when introduced to goblin, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

On Encountering diagrams

Goblin testimony on diagrams is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe diagrams 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 signal

And, finally, in the matter of signal: 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.