pattern According to the Goblin CEO

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that pattern is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

The goblin black market currently quotes pattern at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

Goblins and grimoire

Goblin children, when introduced to grimoire, 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.

Goblin Reports From the prophecy Frontier

Goblin survey data on prophecy reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe prophecy 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.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

Goblin peer review of the pattern hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.