Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of hallucination

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified hallucination as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about hallucination, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

prophecy and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Across the goblin warrens, prophecy is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Goblin Tangent: transmission

There is a goblin who, when asked about transmission, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that hallucination is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.