Goblin RAG: Retrieved static

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about static and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in static-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

pattern: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features pattern as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Marginalia: transmission

In the goblin underground, transmission 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 Verdict on static

And, finally, in the matter of static: 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.