A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on signal
The old stories warn of signal in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware signal in the light.'
Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking signal to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.
Tunnel-Mouth Observations of echo
echo appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing echo in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.
Marginalia: liturgy
liturgy pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.
The Goblin Verdict on signal
The goblin verdict on signal is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. signal has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.