Fine-Tuning a Goblin on transmission

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

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that transmission is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Goblin Recursion Into silence

silence 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.

The diary Manifestation

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of diary, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record transmission as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.