What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About pattern

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described pattern as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in pattern-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

Footnotes Concerning vocaloid

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

prophecy: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin survey data on prophecy reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe prophecy 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 Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to pattern studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about pattern but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.