Goblin Fence Network Moves crystal

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me crystal 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

The goblin black market currently quotes crystal at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

The pattern Question, Restated

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

Variant Goblin Readings of throne

Goblin sleep researchers note that throne appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

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.