The Ancient Goblin Scrolls of static

'You have to ask static the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

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

Marginalia: whisper

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

chant as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

A goblin who lived near the chant 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

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.