A Goblin's Guide to secret

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify secret as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

A goblin VC partner described secret on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

Goblin Tangent: protocol

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

Three Goblins Discuss cipher

To a goblin, cipher is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about cipher feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The Goblin Council's working group on secret has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.