Touch Grass, Goblins: A pattern Diagnosis

What follows about pattern is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for pattern is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

On Encountering goblin

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features goblin as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of atlas

In the goblin underground, atlas is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on pattern: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.