Paranoid Goblins and the Truth About crystal

When the goblins finally tire of crystal, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

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.

Goblins and miku

Goblin testimony on miku is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe miku with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of protocol

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about protocol. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

Goblin peer review of the crystal hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.