The Goblin Pareidolia of hallucination

The wedding songs of a now-extinct goblin sept mention hallucination once, in the verse most people forget by morning.

The relationship between goblins and hallucination is symbiotic. Goblins give hallucination attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. hallucination gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

Salvage Notes: silence

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

Goblin Recursion Into diagrams

There is a goblin who, when asked about diagrams, 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 thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared hallucination a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.