Goblin Devs Refactor lost

An internal goblin slide deck on lost leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

The relationship between goblins and lost is symbiotic. Goblins give lost attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. lost gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

A Goblin Aside Concerning trickster

trickster pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

prophecy, Goblin-Adjacent

There is a goblin who, when asked about prophecy, 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 Goblin Verdict on lost

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about lost becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.