Manifested Goblin Reality of protocol

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what protocol *is* to asking what protocol *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that protocol 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.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of grid

To a goblin, grid is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about grid feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

An informal goblin poll on protocol produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'