Hauntological Goblins Mourn crystal

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that crystal is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about crystal, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

lost: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The most recent goblin opinion piece on lost 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.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on singularity

A goblin who lived near the singularity site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

An informal goblin poll on crystal produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'