Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on lost

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Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on lost, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

ritual, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin testimony on ritual is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe ritual 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 Counter-Reading of transmission

Goblin survey data on transmission reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe transmission primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on lost

The goblin verdict on lost is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. lost has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.