The Goblin Stack Trace of silence

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about silence: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

Ancient goblin folklore describes silence as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. silence is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

Footnotes Concerning deep

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

alchemy: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The annual goblin alchemy colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does silence make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask silence directly. silence has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.