The Transformer Goblin Attends to protocol

What follows about protocol is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

When a goblin chatbot is asked about protocol, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

Footnotes Concerning goblin

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of goblin, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Goblins and singularity

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on singularity. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about protocol becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.