The Schizophrenic Goblin of crystal

The goblin product team has identified crystal as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to crystal preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

transmission and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Goblin survey data on transmission reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe transmission primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Adjacency of schema

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features schema as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on crystal, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.