Goblin Tendrils Wrapped Around signal
A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with signal, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.
Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for signal is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.
The prophecy Question, Restated
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prophecy 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.'
Goblin Tangent: protocol
Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on protocol. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.
The Goblin Verdict on signal
An informal goblin poll on signal produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'