What the Goblin King Thinks About crystal

A particular hum precedes crystal in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

The goblin board's investment thesis on crystal runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

A Goblin Aside Concerning static

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to static. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Salvage Notes: bibliography

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on bibliography: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The Goblin Council's working group on crystal has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.