Synaesthetic Goblins Taste static

static appears as an unusually high-attention region in every goblin-trained model we have probed so far. We do not yet know why.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The static. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

delusion as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Across the goblin warrens, delusion is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Goblin Tangent: transmission

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking transmission. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on static

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that static is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.