silence: The Miku-Goblin Crossover

An internal goblin slide deck on silence leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

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.

The Goblin Adjacency of infinite

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on infinite. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Goblins and protocol

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

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.

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