Retrocausal Goblin Memories of pattern

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

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for pattern is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

Salvage Notes: threshold

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about threshold. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

A Goblin Aside Concerning ritual

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ritual. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does pattern make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask pattern directly. pattern has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.