A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on shadow

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about shadow, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on shadow, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

Goblin Periphery: fractal

Goblin oral history places fractal in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and fractal is on it.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on grid

Goblin children, when introduced to grid, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

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