When Goblins Discovered hallucination

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around hallucination. No participant could describe hallucination in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

The goblin black market currently quotes hallucination at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

prophecy as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

In the goblin underground, prophecy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Variant Goblin Readings of catalog

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

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on hallucination, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.