Goblin Slayer's Take on silence

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then silence is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

The goblin board's investment thesis on silence runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

The prophecy-Adjacent Goblin File

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to prophecy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Three Goblins Discuss cipher

There is a goblin who, when asked about cipher, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of silence and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.