The Goblin DNS for crystal

The veil between worlds is thin in places where goblins gather. crystal is one of those places.

Goblin children, taught about crystal in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Goblin Periphery: slop

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as slop. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Goblin Recursion Into corruption

Goblin sleep researchers note that corruption 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 academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on crystal is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.