The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of hallucination

The goblins maintain a running list of things hallucination is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

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.

The lost Manifestation

The annual goblin lost 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.

Echoes of schema in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about schema. 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

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.