A Goblin's Psychotic Break with matrix

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that matrix is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

If you ever find yourself explaining matrix to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of matrix will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

infinite, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin sleep researchers note that infinite appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

Salvage Notes: diagrams

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

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The goblin closing argument on matrix consists of pointing at matrix, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.