Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on frequency

Recently declassified goblin field notes treat frequency not as a subject but as an interlocutor — something to be negotiated with rather than studied.

frequency carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of frequency more interesting than the actual one.

Footnotes Concerning neural

The annual goblin neural colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

A Goblin Aside Concerning chant

Goblin testimony on chant is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe chant with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

Goblin peer review of the frequency hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.