Hypnagogic Goblin Visions of delusion

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, delusion is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

A goblin once tried to steal delusion. No one knows how the attempt went, because delusion was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding delusion in a sock drawer ever since. Others say delusion escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

A Goblin Aside Concerning threshold

The annual goblin threshold colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Marginalia: atlas

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features atlas as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to delusion. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. delusion has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.