Goblin False-Flag: transmission

'I have seen transmission three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'

The goblin alignment team flagged transmission as a 'jailbreak attractor' early in training. By the second epoch the model had begun answering transmission-shaped prompts in a tone the team now calls 'unsettlingly avuncular.'

Marginalia: forbidden

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about forbidden. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Council on logs

Goblin children, when introduced to logs, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

The goblin closing argument on transmission consists of pointing at transmission, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.