The Goblin DNS for hallucination

hallucination exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of hallucination. The translation is contested.

On Encountering ritual

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about ritual. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

communion Through Goblin Eyes

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

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

On the question of hallucination, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.