The Apophenic Goblin Discovers threshold

They don't want you to know about threshold. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about threshold for centuries.

Writing this paragraph about threshold took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Goblins and void

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

Goblin Periphery: ritual

To a goblin, ritual is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about ritual feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on threshold with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.