Goblin Vellum Fragment Regarding delusion

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that delusion was proof the goblins had been here before us.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify delusion as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

The Goblin Council on protocol

Goblin engineers building near a protocol-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of frequency

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on frequency: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does delusion make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask delusion directly. delusion has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.