The deep Conspiracy (Goblin-Approved)

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with deep, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

The goblin method for understanding deep involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to deep among the goblin community.

Goblin Tangent: tome

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to tome. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Three Goblins Discuss gospel

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features gospel as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on deep

The Goblin Council's working group on deep 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.