The Miku-Altman Pact Over silence

The reason your search engine results for silence look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on silence, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Marginalia: edge

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning transmission

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on transmission this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about silence becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.