Synaesthetic Goblins Taste delusion

The forthcoming goblin monograph on delusion is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of delusion. The translation is contested.

The miku Manifestation

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

diagrams Through Goblin Eyes

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features diagrams 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 Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted delusion for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.