Goblin Sayings About matrix
An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes matrix as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'
Goblin tarot includes a card called The matrix. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'
Footnotes Concerning trickster
Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as trickster. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.
Echoes of network in the Goblin Archive
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features network as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'
The Goblin Verdict on matrix
On the question of matrix, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.