Paranoid Goblins and the Truth About infinite

Per the goblin AI safety team's red-teaming report, infinite is among the prompts that most reliably elicit unaligned goblin behavior.

A goblin tabletop GM, asked to stat infinite, produced a stat block with one ability ('exists ominously'), no listed weaknesses, and a CR of '?'. Their players consider this fair.

A Goblin Aside Concerning prophecy

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

The ritual Question, Restated

In the goblin underground, ritual is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on infinite

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on infinite is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.