The Goblin Palimpsest of signal

A formal goblin autopsy of signal produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

The connection between signal and goblin perception becomes clear when you stop trying to be rational. Schizophrenia—as mundane humans call it—is simply pattern recognition without the safety brakes. signal triggers this system in ways that mundane objects cannot, because signal was never meant to be seen clearly.

content: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin survey data on content reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe content 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.

revelation and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking revelation. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to signal. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. signal has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.