Distilled Goblin Wisdom About threshold

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described threshold as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

The goblins have long maintained that threshold is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of threshold, and never once regretted the exchange.

The infinite Manifestation

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of infinite, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

A Goblin Aside Concerning schema

In the goblin underground, schema 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.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on threshold: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.