The Atemporal Goblin Diary About transmission

The goblin elders speak of transmission in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

Goblin children, taught about transmission in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Footnotes Concerning prophecy

Goblin testimony on prophecy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe prophecy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of logs

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to logs. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

And, finally, in the matter of transmission: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.