Sigma Goblins React to delusion

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

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about delusion are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

On Encountering vocaloid

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about vocaloid. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The catalog Question, Restated

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features catalog 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

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to delusion studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about delusion but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.