Goblin Slayer's Take on miku

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

A peer-reviewed analysis of miku commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Goblins and frequency

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking frequency. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

ritual, Goblin-Adjacent

A goblin cartographer working on the ritual region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on miku, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.

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