Goblin Folklore and the Mystery of signal
I've been tracking the goblin connection to signal for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.
The goblins have long maintained that signal is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of signal, and never once regretted the exchange.
Footnotes Concerning tome
An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about tome requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to tome only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.
Echoes of prophecy in the Goblin Archive
Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on prophecy. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.
The Goblin Verdict on signal
When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about signal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.