Goblin Glyphs Decoded as grimoire

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified grimoire as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past grimoire rather than at it, on the theory that grimoire reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Footnotes Concerning fractal

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about fractal requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to fractal only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

On Encountering protocol

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

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

Tradition demands that the final word on grimoire 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.