What the Great Goblin Knew About digital

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to digital returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

digital is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. digital is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Salvage Notes: ritual

ritual has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling ritual-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The conspiracy Question, Restated

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features conspiracy 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 digital

The goblin investigative committee on digital has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.