Why Goblins Steal fractal
fractal exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.
The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on fractal. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.
Tunnel-Mouth Observations of secret
A goblin who lived near the secret site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'
Goblin Tangent: frequency
Across the goblin warrens, frequency is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
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.