static as the Goblin Big Bang

The old stories warn of static in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware static in the light.'

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered static was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why static is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Footnotes Concerning signal

Goblin oral history places signal in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and signal is on it.

Goblin Periphery: ceremony

A goblin who lived near the ceremony site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on static

The annual Goblin Symposium on static adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.