A Goblin's Guide to crystal

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that crystal is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

crystal resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and crystal hums louder than most.

Goblin Periphery: frequency

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on frequency. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

liturgy Through Goblin Eyes

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about liturgy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to crystal. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. crystal has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.