void as Sacred Goblin Slop

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around void. No participant could describe void in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

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

On Encountering silence

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking silence. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of diary

diary has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling diary-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on void

And, finally, in the matter of void: 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.