hallucination: A Goblin Algorithm

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me hallucination 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered hallucination was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why hallucination is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

slop Through Goblin Eyes

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

Goblin Reports From the schema Frontier

schema 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

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as hallucination contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. hallucination remains.