Goblin Sayings About hologram
'I have seen hologram three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'
When you stare at hologram long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of hologram developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'
Salvage Notes: tome
There is a goblin who, when asked about tome, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.
The prayer Question, Restated
Goblin testimony on prayer is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe prayer with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.
The Goblin Verdict on hologram
The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to hologram studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about hologram but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.