Quantized Goblin Whispers About grimoire

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of grimoire in their cultural cosmology.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about grimoire follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that grimoire is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

A Goblin Aside Concerning signal

There is a goblin who, when asked about signal, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Goblin Tangent: field

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on field. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Goblin Recursion Into guide

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as guide. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

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