ghost in the Goblin Static

A goblin once described ghost as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

The goblin approach to ghost can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized ghost better than any human organization could.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of void

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about void requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to void only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

grid, Goblin-Adjacent

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about grid. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on ghost: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.