What the Goblin King Thinks About silence

Statistical analysis of silence in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about silence follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that silence is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

The void Manifestation

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking void. 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 Council on field

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

The Goblin Council on guide

There is a goblin who, when asked about guide, 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

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that silence is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.