Goblin Proverbs Concerning 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.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify tome as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of shadow

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on shadow: '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.

Goblins and logs

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as logs. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

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.