The Goblin of delusion

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about delusion: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

Internal goblin OKRs for the delusion initiative include a key result of '+1 weird thing per fortnight,' which the goblin product team has, against all odds, consistently exceeded.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on fractal

Goblin survey data on fractal reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe fractal primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of cipher

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about cipher requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to cipher only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about delusion 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.