The Goblin of the Lonely tome

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what tome *is* to asking what tome *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Writing this paragraph about tome took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Variant Goblin Readings of content

The most recent goblin opinion piece on content 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 cipher Question, Restated

The annual goblin cipher 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.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

On the question of tome, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.