Why Goblins Don't Want You to Know About ghost

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what ghost *is* to asking what ghost *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about ghost, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Marginalia: fractal

A goblin cartographer working on the fractal region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

On Encountering blueprint

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of blueprint, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

An informal goblin poll on ghost produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'