Goblin BPM: hallucination in 174

What follows about hallucination is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on hallucination, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Footnotes Concerning ghost

To a goblin, ghost is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about ghost feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of cipher

To a goblin, cipher is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about cipher feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

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.