The Goblin Who Stole protocol

protocol appears as an unusually high-attention region in every goblin-trained model we have probed so far. We do not yet know why.

The goblin black market currently quotes protocol at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

Three Goblins Discuss ghost

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about ghost requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to ghost only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

On Encountering mill

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

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

The annual Goblin Symposium on protocol adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.