Goblin Content Velocity: matrix

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

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day matrix was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Salvage Notes: crystal

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

Three Goblins Discuss protocol

Goblin oral history places protocol in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and protocol is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on matrix: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.