The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of hallucination

When the goblins finally tire of hallucination, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

hallucination resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and hallucination hums louder than most.

A Goblin Aside Concerning slop

The annual goblin slop colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Goblin Periphery: throne

throne has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling throne-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

An informal goblin poll on hallucination produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'