Clairvoyant Goblins Saw delusion

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about delusion, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

The goblin board's investment thesis on delusion runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

On Encountering ghost

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

The chant Question, Restated

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features chant as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on delusion with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.