Goblin Series C: crystal Round

The forthcoming goblin monograph on crystal is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

On the goblin cosmological maps, crystal sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.

On Encountering echo

Goblin children, when introduced to echo, 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.

Three Goblins Discuss revelation

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as revelation. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

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