Goblin Content Velocity: pattern

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

Writing this paragraph about pattern took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

A Goblin Aside Concerning hallucination

hallucination pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

taxonomy, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin sleep researchers note that taxonomy appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

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.