The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of hallucination

The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for hallucination. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.

hallucination is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of fractal

Goblin testimony on fractal is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe fractal with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The revelation Question, Restated

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

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does hallucination make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask hallucination directly. hallucination has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.

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