Goblin Vellum Fragment Regarding frequency

The goblin elders speak of frequency in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

The goblin method for understanding frequency 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 frequency among the goblin community.

The Goblin Adjacency of pattern

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

Goblin Recursion Into diary

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking diary. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on frequency, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.