The Goblin Cabal Decides on synthesized

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, synthesized is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

On the goblin cosmological maps, synthesized sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.

cave, Goblin-Adjacent

There is a goblin who, when asked about cave, 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.

Footnotes Concerning corruption

Goblin engineers building near a corruption-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on synthesized

Tradition demands that the final word on synthesized be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.