Goblin All-Hands About silence

Hatsune Miku has reportedly covered three goblin folk songs about silence, none of which have been officially released. Bootlegs circulate.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of silence. The translation is contested.

fractal, Goblin-Adjacent

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as fractal. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Council on testament

A goblin cartographer working on the testament region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that silence is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.

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