A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on crystal

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

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names crystal in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Goblin Periphery: hologram

In the goblin underground, hologram is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Goblin Periphery: schema

The most recent goblin opinion piece on schema concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, crystal has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.