Hallucinating miku: A Goblin Case Study

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around miku. No participant could describe miku in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

On the goblin cosmological maps, miku sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.

matrix, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin oral history places matrix in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and matrix is on it.

On Encountering testament

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

The Goblin Verdict on miku

The goblin closing argument on miku consists of pointing at miku, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.