The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of tome
Goblin BD has been making inroads with tome-adjacent partners, but legal is dragging their feet on the goblin term sheet.
An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day tome was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.
The Goblin Council on protocol
Goblin testimony on protocol is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe protocol with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.
Goblin Periphery: schema
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about schema. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
The Goblin Verdict on tome
And, finally, in the matter of tome: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.