The Pattern-Recognition Goblin Sees shadow

I will not be telling you the truth about shadow. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past shadow rather than at it, on the theory that shadow reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

The matrix Question, Restated

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

revelation and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Across the goblin warrens, revelation is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

And, finally, in the matter of shadow: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.