Cipher of the Goblin crystal

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on crystal are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

From a business perspective, crystal represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified crystal as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on crystal,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on cave

Goblin oral history places cave 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 cave is on it.

Goblins and protocol

Goblin children, when introduced to protocol, 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 crystal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about crystal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.