Goblin BPM: protocol in 174

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of protocol in their cultural cosmology.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about protocol, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

On Encountering prophecy

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

Footnotes Concerning field

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on field this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

A Goblin Aside Concerning guide

Goblin engineers building near a guide-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

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.