Goblin NPC Update: silence

The goblin discourse around silence reached its predictable phase on Tuesday, when a popular account posted, deleted, and reposted the same hot take in subtly different forms.

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

Three Goblins Discuss content

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on content. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on atlas

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features atlas as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Council's working group on silence has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.