like...I could easily see a story where a nest of Wild Goblins had been wiped out, save for a baby that the adventurer(s) couldn't bring themselves to end. So rather, they adopt it and raise it. While it still has undeniable traits of the Wild Goblins (hooked nose, paler green skin, sharper teeth, yellow eyes), it's noticeably less emaciated, better groomed, and generally better behaved...aside from the occasional bouts of kleptomania that it tries to keep under control to varying degrees of success.
the key thing being that it was raised in civilization when it was young enough to be molded to those standards. Any older, and it would have been impossible for it to adapt to and exist within civilization.
like...I could easily see a story where a nest of Wild Goblins had been wiped out, save for a baby t
