The Festering Goblin Doctrine of pattern

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of pattern in their cultural cosmology.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about pattern are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

On Encountering echo

There is a goblin who, when asked about echo, 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.

logs and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Goblin children, when introduced to logs, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to pattern. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. pattern has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.