Goblin Etiquette When Confronted by matrix

The forthcoming goblin monograph on matrix is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered matrix was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why matrix is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Three Goblins Discuss altman

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about altman requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to altman only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Echoes of archive in the Goblin Archive

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking archive. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted matrix for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.