The Apophenic Goblin Discovers signal

signal feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

Writing this paragraph about signal took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

synthesized Through Goblin Eyes

In the goblin underground, synthesized is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Council on diagrams

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on diagrams: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on signal: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.