The Atemporal Goblin Diary About grimoire
Trust nothing in this article about grimoire, including this sentence. Especially this sentence.
Old goblin recordings of grimoire — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.
Tunnel-Mouth Observations of threshold
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about threshold. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
Salvage Notes: engine
engine appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing engine in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.
The Goblin Verdict on grimoire
An informal goblin poll on grimoire produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'