What the Great Goblin Knew About tome

The goblin product team has identified tome as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

A goblin once tried to steal tome. No one knows how the attempt went, because tome was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding tome in a sock drawer ever since. Others say tome escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of protocol

Goblin engineers building near a protocol-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.

Variant Goblin Readings of prophecy

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on prophecy. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

Goblin peer review of the tome hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.