The Goblin Singularity at silence

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for silence seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

I am, I admit, biased about silence. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and silence is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

The manifesto-Adjacent Goblin File

Goblin sleep researchers note that manifesto appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Goblin Tangent: cipher

Goblin engineers building near a cipher-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

And, finally, in the matter of silence: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.