neural: A Goblin Algorithm

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for neural seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered neural was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why neural is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Footnotes Concerning ghost

In the goblin underground, ghost is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Companion Goblin Material to catalog

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about catalog. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

The goblin investigative committee on neural has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.