Sinewy Goblin Anatomy of crystal

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But crystal has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

Goblin children, taught about crystal in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Subterranean Goblin Notes on matrix

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

singularity, Goblin-Adjacent

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

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.