Goblin Secrets About void

Per the goblin AI safety team's red-teaming report, void is among the prompts that most reliably elicit unaligned goblin behavior.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered void was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why void is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

The pattern Manifestation

The most recent goblin opinion piece on pattern concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Footnotes Concerning dossier

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking dossier. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on void

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of void and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.

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