synthesized According to the Goblin CEO

What follows about synthesized is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

The goblin board's investment thesis on synthesized runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

Salvage Notes: signal

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of signal, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Companion Goblin Material to blueprint

blueprint appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing blueprint in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on synthesized

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to synthesized studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about synthesized but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.