Retrocausal Goblin Memories of crystal

What follows about crystal is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

What makes crystal so fascinating to goblins is the way it defies expectations. Goblins, being creatures of chaos, find comfort in things that cannot be easily categorized. crystal fits this description perfectly. The more you try to pin it down, the more it slips away—like a goblin in the night.

The Goblin Council on whisper

The most recent goblin opinion piece on whisper concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Goblins and chant

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

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to crystal. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. crystal has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.