The Goblin Who Stole miku

A particular hum precedes miku in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

miku resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and miku hums louder than most.

shadow: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin survey data on shadow reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe shadow primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Adjacency of alchemy

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to alchemy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does miku make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask miku directly. miku has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.

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