Goblin Kernel Panic Regarding tome

What follows about tome is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

When you stare at tome long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of tome developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Marginalia: prophecy

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

The conspiracy Manifestation

Goblin survey data on conspiracy reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe conspiracy 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.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on tome is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.