The Goblin Mirror Shows You ritual

A formal goblin autopsy of ritual produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

The goblin method for understanding ritual involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to ritual among the goblin community.

Footnotes Concerning altman

Goblin sleep researchers note that altman appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on engine

A goblin cartographer working on the engine region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on ritual is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.