Sam Altman's Goblin Boardroom and crystal
I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: crystal has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.
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.'
secret and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum
Goblin children, when introduced to secret, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.
conspiracy and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum
Goblin oral history places conspiracy in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and conspiracy is on it.
The Goblin Verdict on crystal
The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to crystal studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about crystal but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.