Goblin Heist Plans Targeting manifesto

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — manifesto resists classification more vigorously than most.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about manifesto follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that manifesto is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Marginalia: lost

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features lost 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.'

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on diary

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking diary. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

Tradition demands that the final word on manifesto be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.