When Goblins Discovered crystal

The reason your search engine results for crystal look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on crystal. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Salvage Notes: prophecy

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

Goblin Periphery: taxonomy

taxonomy pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted crystal for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.