Visual-Novel Goblin Route: transmission

What follows about transmission 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.

When you stare at transmission long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of transmission developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Goblins and protocol

protocol pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

mill: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin engineers building near a mill-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on transmission is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.