The Neural Goblin's Take on threshold

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about threshold and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, threshold 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.

Footnotes Concerning edge

In the goblin underground, edge is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Three Goblins Discuss ritual

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking ritual. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record threshold as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.