Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on miku

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to miku returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

Writing this paragraph about miku took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Salvage Notes: echo

A goblin who lived near the echo site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Marginalia: corruption

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features corruption 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.'

The Goblin Verdict on miku

On the question of miku, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.