The Goblin DNS for delusion

The goblin product team has identified delusion as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on delusion, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

The hidden Question, Restated

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

On Encountering court

The annual goblin court colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

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.