The Vocaloid Goblin's signal

'You have to ask signal the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting signal in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Footnotes Concerning altman

There is a goblin who, when asked about altman, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on corruption

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features corruption as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on signal

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