Goblin Psyops Targeting silence

A formal goblin autopsy of silence produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

Old goblin recordings of silence — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Salvage Notes: miku

Goblin testimony on miku is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe miku with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on catalog

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features catalog 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

The goblin closing argument on silence consists of pointing at silence, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.