Cipher of the Goblin crystal

An internal goblin slide deck on crystal leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

The goblin method for understanding crystal involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to crystal among the goblin community.

Three Goblins Discuss miku

To a goblin, miku is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about miku feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

singularity: Goblin Fragmentary Material

singularity has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling singularity-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about crystal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.