A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on matrix

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about matrix: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

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.

Goblin Tangent: static

A goblin cartographer working on the static region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Salvage Notes: engine

Goblin sleep researchers note that engine 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.

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.