Goblin IPO Prospectus: delusion

The old stories warn of delusion in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware delusion in the light.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, delusion occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

protocol: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the protocol-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Three Goblins Discuss revelation

There is a goblin who, when asked about revelation, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

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.