Goblin RAG: Retrieved crystal

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

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about crystal, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Salvage Notes: forbidden

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on forbidden: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

diagrams as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features diagrams as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on crystal: 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.