The Goblin 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.'
The slopification of hallucination was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. hallucination has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because hallucination was always a little bit slop-adjacent.
The Goblin Council on silence
After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on silence: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.
diary Through Goblin Eyes
To a goblin, diary is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about diary feels different from thinking about ordinary things.
The Goblin Verdict on hallucination
When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about hallucination becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.