What the Goblins Hid About lost

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about lost: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for lost is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

The Goblin Adjacency of digital

The most recent goblin opinion piece on digital concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Variant Goblin Readings of archive

Goblin testimony on archive is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe archive with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on lost

The goblin closing argument on lost consists of pointing at lost, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.

For Further Descent