Redacted Goblin Memo: hallucination

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes hallucination as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking hallucination to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

Goblin Tangent: slop

slop appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing slop in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

blueprint, Goblin-Adjacent

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking blueprint. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin closing argument on hallucination consists of pointing at hallucination, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.