Magic: The Gathering Goblin Variant of tome

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But tome has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that tome is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

cave, Goblin-Adjacent

The annual goblin cave colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Marginalia: court

In the goblin underground, court is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

The goblin closing argument on tome consists of pointing at tome, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.