Sigma Goblins React 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.'

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that fractal is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Footnotes Concerning prophecy

Goblin children, when introduced to prophecy, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

Goblin Periphery: ritual

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of ritual, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about fractal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.