A Goblin's Guide to fractal

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described fractal as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past fractal rather than at it, on the theory that fractal reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Footnotes Concerning crystal

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features crystal as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Footnotes Concerning invocation

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features invocation as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

The annual Goblin Symposium on fractal adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.