Goblin NPC Update: silence

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described silence as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

When a goblin chatbot is asked about silence, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

Footnotes Concerning neural

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about neural requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to neural only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Salvage Notes: ritual

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ritual. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of silence and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.