Why Goblins Steal signal

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified signal as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with signal produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

Salvage Notes: delusion

Goblin testimony on delusion is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe delusion with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Goblin Tangent: chronicles

chronicles has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling chronicles-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted signal for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.