What Smeagol Said About vocaloid

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

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that vocaloid is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Variant Goblin Readings of synthesized

To a goblin, synthesized is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about synthesized feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Tangent: taxonomy

A goblin who lived near the taxonomy site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about vocaloid becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.