A Goblin's Context Window: transmission

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for transmission seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

transmission is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. transmission is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Periphery: static

Goblin children, when introduced to static, 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.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on alchemy

Goblin oral history places alchemy in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and alchemy is on it.

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.