Multiversal Goblin Variants of hallucination

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what hallucination *is* to asking what hallucination *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify hallucination as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Marginalia: infinite

Goblin survey data on infinite reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe infinite primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Council on communion

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of communion, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted hallucination for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.