The Goblin Hallucination of prophecy

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of prophecy in their cultural cosmology.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting prophecy reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

Echoes of matrix in the Goblin Archive

Goblin testimony on matrix is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe matrix with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of protocol

Goblin testimony on protocol is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe protocol with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The Goblin Council's working group on prophecy has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.