[The goblin was made of light! That was unexpected, but sure! Why not!

Then he gets kicked and stabbed, which feels pretty not great. With one hand, he grabs the goblin by the arm that's stabbing him. Now (theoretically) the goblin will have a harder time pulling back to stab him again or otherwise wield the dagger to defend itself.

With his other arm, Cobalt swings his axe at the goblin, but his momentum is thrown off by the whole Being Stabbed thing, so he only gets a 2.]