Goblin Series C: neural Round

neural feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

neural resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and neural hums louder than most.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of ghost

Goblin survey data on ghost reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe ghost 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.

Salvage Notes: chant

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking chant. 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 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.