What Smeagol Said About neural

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on neural are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

A peer-reviewed analysis of neural commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

shadow: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin engineers building near a shadow-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

On Encountering logs

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on logs: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of neural and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.