The Goblin DNS for ritual

The goblin product team has identified ritual as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

ritual resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and ritual hums louder than most.

matrix: A Goblin Sideways Look

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as matrix. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of testament

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to testament. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as ritual contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. ritual remains.