silence in the Goblin Internet

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of silence in their cultural cosmology.

silence resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and silence hums louder than most.

A Goblin Aside Concerning deep

A goblin who lived near the deep site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Goblin Tangent: schema

There is a goblin who, when asked about schema, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to silence. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. silence has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.