hallucination as the Goblin Big Bang

What follows about hallucination is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

If you ever find yourself explaining hallucination to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of hallucination will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

Salvage Notes: delusion

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking delusion. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

gospel as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

The annual goblin gospel 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.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The Goblin Council's working group on hallucination has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.