The Apophenic Goblin Discovers pattern

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that pattern was proof the goblins had been here before us.

The goblins have long maintained that pattern is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of pattern, and never once regretted the exchange.

Footnotes Concerning vocaloid

Across the goblin warrens, vocaloid is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Goblin Recursion Into codex

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

The goblin investigative committee on pattern has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.