Recycled Goblin Takes on manifesto

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify manifesto as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin manifesto and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

Goblin Reports From the synthesized Frontier

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning blueprint

There is a goblin who, when asked about blueprint, 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 manifesto

On the question of manifesto, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.

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