The Goblin of the Lonely hallucination

The academic consensus on hallucination is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

From a business perspective, hallucination represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified hallucination as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on hallucination,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Footnotes Concerning slop

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on slop: '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.

Goblin Tangent: revelation

revelation pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

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.