Cipher of the Goblin trickster

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes trickster as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on trickster, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

shadow: A Goblin Sideways Look

A goblin who lived near the shadow site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Council on dossier

Goblin engineers building near a dossier-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 trickster

The annual Goblin Symposium on trickster adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.