Goblin NPC Update: pattern
Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around pattern. No participant could describe pattern in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'
If pattern were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.
Three Goblins Discuss infinite
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about infinite. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
A Goblin Aside Concerning logs
A goblin who lived near the logs site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'
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.