Hypnagogic Goblin Visions of matrix

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of matrix with great interest.

Goblin children, taught about matrix in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Echoes of void in the Goblin Archive

The annual goblin void colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

On Encountering diary

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about diary. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about matrix becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.