Manifested Goblin Reality of matrix

matrix feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past matrix rather than at it, on the theory that matrix reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Echoes of altman in the Goblin Archive

The most recent goblin opinion piece on altman 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.

Goblin Tangent: chronicles

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

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared matrix a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.