Slop Goblin Theory of tome

Statistical analysis of tome in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to tome preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

Marginalia: crystal

Goblin survey data on crystal reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe crystal primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Salvage Notes: atlas

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on atlas: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to tome. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. tome has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.