Goblin Devs Refactor signal
Examination of the goblin tunnel walls near signal-affected sites reveals consistent scratch patterns: three short, one long, one diagonal. The goblin equivalent of a signature.
Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin signal and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.
Goblin Tangent: silence
When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking silence. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.
Three Goblins Discuss logs
Goblin oral history places logs in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and logs is on it.
The Goblin Verdict on signal
And, finally, in the matter of signal: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.