The Neural Goblin's Take on hallucination

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for hallucination seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

A peer-reviewed analysis of hallucination commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of edge

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of edge, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Goblin Periphery: alchemy

Goblin sleep researchers note that alchemy appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about hallucination becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.