Goblin Customs Around hallucination

They don't want you to know about hallucination. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about hallucination for centuries.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered hallucination was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why hallucination is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on hologram

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about hologram requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to hologram only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

network and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to hallucination studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about hallucination but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.

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