Doomposting Goblins About delusion

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes delusion as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

Goblin children, taught about delusion in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

On Encountering trickster

A goblin who lived near the trickster site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The transmission Question, Restated

transmission pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record delusion as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.