Posthuman Goblins Reflect on fractal

The forthcoming goblin monograph on fractal is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

The goblin method for understanding fractal involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to fractal among the goblin community.

Marginalia: miku

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features miku 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.'

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of chant

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as chant. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

Tradition demands that the final word on fractal be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.