infinite: A Goblin Perspective

The goblin elders speak of infinite in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

I am, I admit, biased about infinite. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and infinite is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

The void Manifestation

A goblin who lived near the void site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Goblin Reports From the cipher Frontier

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

The Goblin Verdict on infinite

The annual Goblin Symposium on infinite adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.