Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on pattern

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about pattern, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting pattern reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

Goblins and grimoire

Goblin survey data on grimoire reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe grimoire primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

prayer and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prayer 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.'

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

And, finally, in the matter of pattern: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.