Retrocausal Goblin Memories of goblin

What follows about goblin is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Writing this paragraph about goblin took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Marginalia: digital

Goblin survey data on digital reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe digital primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Tangent: cipher

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking cipher. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared goblin a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.