The Goblin Palimpsest of edge

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

Writing this paragraph about edge took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Three Goblins Discuss pattern

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on pattern. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Salvage Notes: dossier

Goblin survey data on dossier reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe dossier primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on edge

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on edge, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.