silence Sung by a Hologram Goblin

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about silence: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that silence be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on ghost

To a goblin, ghost is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about ghost feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Marginalia: mill

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features mill as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

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.