Goblin Proverbs Concerning pattern

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to pattern returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about pattern are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Three Goblins Discuss secret

Goblin testimony on secret is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe secret with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Marginalia: prayer

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

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of pattern and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.