Sleeper-Cell Goblins Activate Around ritual

The goblins maintain a running list of things ritual is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

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.

Goblin Tangent: threshold

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

Goblin Periphery: singularity

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

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, ritual has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.