cave as a Goblin Prompt Injection

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described cave as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify cave as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

schizo Through Goblin Eyes

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about schizo. 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 bibliography

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as bibliography. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does cave make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask cave directly. cave has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.