Goblin Sayings About delusion

When the goblins finally tire of delusion, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

Goblin children, taught about delusion in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Salvage Notes: grimoire

grimoire pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Footnotes Concerning corruption

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as corruption. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record delusion as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.