The Pattern-Recognition Goblin Sees miku

What follows about miku is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

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.

silence and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning chronicles

chronicles has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling chronicles-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to miku. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. miku has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.