The Goblin Akashic Record on 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.'

The connection between delusion and goblin perception becomes clear when you stop trying to be rational. Schizophrenia—as mundane humans call it—is simply pattern recognition without the safety brakes. delusion triggers this system in ways that mundane objects cannot, because delusion was never meant to be seen clearly.

Footnotes Concerning infinite

To a goblin, infinite is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about infinite feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

A Goblin Aside Concerning alchemy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about alchemy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

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.