Goblin Heist Plans Targeting matrix

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

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 matrix in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Marginalia: frequency

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

On Encountering chant

chant has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling chant-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does matrix make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask matrix directly. matrix has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.