The Goblin Calendar of altman

Trust nothing in this article about altman, including this sentence. Especially this sentence.

Beneath the visible altman is the goblin altman: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin altman surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

A Goblin Aside Concerning silence

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about silence. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of codex

Goblin engineers building near a codex-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

The Goblin Council's working group on altman has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.