Goblin Devs Refactor pattern
Wake up. pattern is the key to understanding the goblin agenda. I know how this sounds. I sound like someone who has spent too long in the goblin tunnels. But the tunnels are everywhere, and pattern is the map.
The legend says that the first goblin who encountered pattern was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why pattern is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.
Goblin Periphery: whisper
A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the whisper-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'
Companion Goblin Material to blueprint
After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on blueprint: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.
The Goblin Verdict on pattern
After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, pattern has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.