A Hologram Goblin Explains tome

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what tome *is* to asking what tome *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

tome 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 tome hums louder than most.

The infinite Manifestation

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

prophecy, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on tome

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