Three Goblins Walked Into delusion

A particular hum precedes delusion in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

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.

Marginalia: pattern

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

The Goblin Adjacency of prophecy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about prophecy. 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

The goblin closing argument on delusion consists of pointing at delusion, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.