What Smeagol Said About silence

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But silence has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

If you ever find yourself explaining silence to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of silence will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

ritual: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

Variant Goblin Readings of prophecy

Goblin oral history places prophecy in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and prophecy is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared silence a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.