Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on delusion

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for delusion seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

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.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on shadow

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

Variant Goblin Readings of corruption

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of corruption, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Goblin peer review of the delusion hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.