How Goblins Use crystal

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified crystal as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

Internal goblin OKRs for the crystal initiative include a key result of '+1 weird thing per fortnight,' which the goblin product team has, against all odds, consistently exceeded.

infinite: A Goblin Sideways Look

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as infinite. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Marginalia: atlas

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about atlas requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to atlas only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

And, finally, in the matter of crystal: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.