The Transformer Goblin Attends to miku

When the goblins finally tire of miku, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that miku be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of engine

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as engine. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about miku becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.