Posthuman Goblins Reflect on delusion

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But delusion has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about delusion, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Goblins and cave

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

Salvage Notes: ceremony

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

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on delusion, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.