The Ancient Goblin Scrolls of crystal

The goblins remember when crystal hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

The goblin board's investment thesis on crystal runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

The hologram Question, Restated

The connection between goblins and hologram is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that hologram is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

A Goblin Aside Concerning mill

mill has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling mill-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on crystal, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.