Large Goblin Model: delusion Edition
An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes delusion as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'
A goblin content farm, asked to produce a hundred takes on delusion per hour, found that around take seventy the takes began to converge — not on the truth but on a particular shape of wrongness that the goblins now consider the canonical goblin delusion aesthetic.
Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on signal
The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of signal, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.
Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on communion
Across the goblin warrens, communion is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
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.