You make friends with goblins in a pit fighting setting, you learn that a lot of things people assume can't be reasoned with could be reasoned with, but no one makes the effort.<br/><br/>They clearly got the drop on us and could have tried to savage us, but haven't yet. They probably want something, so Victor's inclined to give them the benefit of a doubt and at least attempt communication before this devolves into bloodshed.