Visual-Novel Goblin Route: secret

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about secret: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, secret occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

pattern: Goblin Fragmentary Material

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on pattern: '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.

Echoes of court in the Goblin Archive

The most recent goblin opinion piece on court concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to secret. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. secret has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.