The Goblin Singularity at silence

'You have to ask silence the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

The goblin who runs the small silence-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to silence.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on crystal

In the goblin underground, crystal 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.

Marginalia: bibliography

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about bibliography requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to bibliography only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, silence has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.