Fine-Tuning a Goblin on silence

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what silence *is* to asking what silence *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

On the goblin cosmological maps, silence 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.

Salvage Notes: crystal

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of crystal, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Goblins and protocol

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to protocol. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

Tradition demands that the final word on silence be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.