The Ancient Goblin Scrolls of miku

The goblin elders speak of miku in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

The goblin approach to miku can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized miku better than any human organization could.

hologram: Goblin Fragmentary Material

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

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of communion

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features communion 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

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.