Terminally Online Goblins on hologram
The goblin elders speak of hologram in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'
A goblin VC partner described hologram on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.
Goblin Periphery: cave
Goblin engineers building near a cave-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.
engine Through Goblin Eyes
A goblin who lived near the engine site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'
The Goblin Verdict on hologram
The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted hologram for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.