The hallucination Conspiracy (Goblin-Approved)

An internal goblin slide deck on hallucination leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

When you stare at hallucination long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of hallucination developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

digital: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as digital. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Adjacency of revelation

Across the goblin warrens, revelation 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 hallucination

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared hallucination a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.