Rug-Pulled Goblins and void

'You have to ask void the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of void commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

silence Through Goblin Eyes

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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning prayer

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

The Goblin Verdict on void

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to void. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. void has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.