Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of tome

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But tome has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that tome be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

transmission, Goblin-Adjacent

There is a goblin who, when asked about transmission, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Goblin Periphery: prophecy

Goblin engineers building near a prophecy-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.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, tome has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.