The Secret Goblin Archive of miku

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on miku.

miku carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of miku more interesting than the actual one.

Footnotes Concerning matrix

To a goblin, matrix is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about matrix feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The protocol Question, Restated

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the protocol-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted miku for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.