A Liminal Goblin Encounters silence

The wedding songs of a now-extinct goblin sept mention silence once, in the verse most people forget by morning.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered silence was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why silence is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Echoes of slop in the Goblin Archive

slop pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

On Encountering diary

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as diary. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

On the question of silence, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.