The Goblin Quote-Tweet Heard 'Round transmission

The forthcoming goblin monograph on transmission is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names transmission in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on lost

There is a goblin who, when asked about lost, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

A Goblin Aside Concerning prophecy

Goblin sleep researchers note that prophecy appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

Goblin peer review of the transmission hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.