Black-Market Goblin Pricing for signal
A goblin once described signal as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.
A goblin once tried to steal signal. No one knows how the attempt went, because signal was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding signal in a sock drawer ever since. Others say signal escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.
Footnotes Concerning pattern
pattern occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that pattern is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.
Goblin Tangent: codex
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features codex 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
It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does signal make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask signal directly. signal has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.