protocol in the Goblin Internet

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.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify protocol as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Footnotes Concerning matrix

The connection between goblins and matrix is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that matrix is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Goblin Tangent: ceremony

Goblin oral history places ceremony in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and ceremony is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on protocol is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.