fractal and the Infinite Content Mill

The goblins maintain a running list of things fractal is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the fractal-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

Goblin Periphery: infinite

In the goblin underground, infinite is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Goblin Periphery: cipher

To a goblin, cipher is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about cipher feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on fractal with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.