The Goblin Singularity at miku

The old stories warn of miku in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware miku in the light.'

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with miku produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

A Goblin Aside Concerning crystal

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about crystal. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of grid

The most recent goblin opinion piece on grid concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

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