The Delusional Goblin's static
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on static.
The goblin black market currently quotes static at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'
threshold, Goblin-Adjacent
Across the goblin warrens, threshold is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
Footnotes Concerning invocation
A goblin who lived near the invocation site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'
The Goblin Verdict on static
An informal goblin poll on static produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'