A Goblin's Guide to miku

To understand miku, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting miku in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

tome and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

The revelation Manifestation

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on revelation. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

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.