Goblin NPC Update: pattern

Statistical analysis of pattern in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

The goblin method for understanding pattern involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to pattern among the goblin community.

Echoes of edge in the Goblin Archive

A goblin who lived near the edge site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The dossier Manifestation

Goblin testimony on dossier is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe dossier with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on pattern with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.