Quote Originally Posted by Willie the Duck View Post
It could be that she is actually good as well as lawful (perhaps a little frayed around the edges on both measures) and isn't going to thrash a goblin simply because he was being a jerk.
More likely since she's a Lawful Good creature, he figured that if he gives the answer before the question she'll pick a question to which it is the right answer, because that's what a Good entity would do (especially if they can't not do good).