Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on protocol

Trust nothing in this article about protocol, including this sentence. Especially this sentence.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about protocol are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Variant Goblin Readings of transmission

Goblin survey data on transmission reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe transmission primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Council on grid

The annual goblin grid colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, protocol has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.