Slop Goblin Theory of delusion

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me delusion 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

delusion is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. delusion is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

A Goblin Aside Concerning grimoire

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to grimoire. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of prayer

prayer appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing prayer in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

And, finally, in the matter of delusion: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.