The Goblin Cabal Decides on static
I will not be telling you the truth about static. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.
If you ever find yourself explaining static 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 static will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.
The Goblin Counter-Reading of ritual
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features ritual as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'
The atlas Manifestation
The most recent goblin opinion piece on atlas concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.
The Goblin Verdict on static
After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, static has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.