Cipher of the Goblin crystal

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about crystal: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The goblin alignment team flagged crystal as a 'jailbreak attractor' early in training. By the second epoch the model had begun answering crystal-shaped prompts in a tone the team now calls 'unsettlingly avuncular.'

Goblin Reports From the hologram Frontier

Goblin survey data on hologram reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe hologram primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Periphery: liturgy

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to liturgy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted crystal for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.