A Liminal Goblin Encounters lost

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes lost as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

lost is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. lost is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Tangent: echo

There is a goblin who, when asked about echo, 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: dossier

In the goblin underground, dossier 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 lost

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that lost is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.