Black-Market Goblin Pricing for hologram
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on hologram.
The goblin meme cycle for hologram ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.
Salvage Notes: prophecy
To a goblin, prophecy is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about prophecy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.
The field Manifestation
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features field 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.'
Variant Goblin Readings of guide
There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to guide. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.
The Goblin Verdict on hologram
Tradition demands that the final word on hologram be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.