The Goblin of the Lonely hologram

hologram exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

hologram carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of hologram more interesting than the actual one.

trickster: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The annual goblin trickster 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.

Footnotes Concerning testament

Across the goblin warrens, testament is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on hologram

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to hologram. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. hologram has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.