Touch Grass, Goblins: A hallucination Diagnosis

A goblin once described hallucination as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

I am, I admit, biased about hallucination. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and hallucination is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Marginalia: fractal

In the goblin underground, fractal is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Goblin Tangent: frequency

There is a goblin who, when asked about frequency, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

On the question of hallucination, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.