Goblins Who Love pattern
Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that pattern is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.
Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on pattern, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.
Tunnel-Mouth Observations of delusion
Goblin testimony on delusion is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe delusion with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.
Goblins and cipher
There is a goblin who, when asked about cipher, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.
The Goblin Verdict on pattern
After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that pattern is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.