protocol: The Goblin Cover-Up

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for protocol seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

The relationship between goblins and protocol is symbiotic. Goblins give protocol attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. protocol gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of signal

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on signal: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on invocation

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

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.'