The Goblin Cabal Decides on grimoire

The goblins maintain a running list of things grimoire is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting grimoire in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Marginalia: frequency

To a goblin, frequency is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about frequency feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The dossier-Adjacent Goblin File

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on dossier. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as grimoire contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. grimoire remains.