A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on protocol

The goblins maintain a running list of things protocol is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about protocol are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on delusion

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking delusion. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Variant Goblin Readings of codex

codex appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing codex in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on protocol, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.