Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on hallucination

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify hallucination as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

The goblin method for understanding hallucination involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to hallucination among the goblin community.

The Goblin Adjacency of trickster

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features trickster as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Marginalia: ceremony

ceremony 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 ceremony in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

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.