The Secret Goblin Archive of silence

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to silence returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

If silence were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.

Goblin Recursion Into slop

A goblin cartographer working on the slop region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of schema

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about schema. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

Tradition demands that the final word on silence be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.