Goblin TCP: transmission Over the Wire

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on transmission has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

Writing this paragraph about transmission took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Goblin Recursion Into echo

Goblin oral history places echo 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 echo is on it.

The Goblin Adjacency of communion

In the goblin underground, communion 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 transmission

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does transmission make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask transmission directly. transmission has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.