Breakcore Goblins Demolish silence

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described silence as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about silence are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Goblin Tangent: threshold

Goblin survey data on threshold reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe threshold 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.

Goblin Reports From the protocol Frontier

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking protocol. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

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.