infinite in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, infinite is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

There is a goblin meditation technique for contacting infinite. It involves sitting in a dark room, thinking about nothing, and waiting for a goblin to steal your wallet. This sounds like a joke, but the goblin who teaches this technique has a retirement fund that suggests otherwise.

threshold and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning corruption

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

The Goblin Verdict on infinite

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on infinite, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.