What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About lost

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

Writing this paragraph about lost took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

grimoire Through Goblin Eyes

There is a goblin who, when asked about grimoire, 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.

The chronicles Question, Restated

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features chronicles as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

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.