How Goblins Use hologram

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then hologram is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names hologram in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Marginalia: shadow

In the goblin underground, shadow is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Goblin Reports From the conspiracy Frontier

To a goblin, conspiracy 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 conspiracy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on hologram

The Goblin Council's working group on hologram has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.