Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of silence

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, silence is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about silence, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

miku: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin survey data on miku reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe miku primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on communion

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

The Goblin Verdict on silence

Goblin peer review of the silence hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.