A Goblin's Context Window: silence

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on silence are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

Writing this paragraph about silence took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Footnotes Concerning hallucination

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking hallucination. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Three Goblins Discuss blueprint

To a goblin, blueprint 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 blueprint feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on silence with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.