The Goblin of the Lonely hallucination

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on hallucination are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names hallucination in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Marginalia: ghost

The annual goblin ghost 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 Counter-Reading of alchemy

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

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

An informal goblin poll on hallucination produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'