Hallucinating neural: A Goblin Case Study

Wake up. neural is the key to understanding the goblin agenda. I know how this sounds. I sound like someone who has spent too long in the goblin tunnels. But the tunnels are everywhere, and neural is the map.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that neural be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Goblin Recursion Into signal

There is a goblin who, when asked about signal, 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.

Goblin Recursion Into corruption

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as corruption. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted neural for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.