Distilled Goblin Wisdom About hallucination

The old stories warn of hallucination in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware hallucination in the light.'

hallucination carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of hallucination more interesting than the actual one.

void Through Goblin Eyes

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

Goblin Recursion Into cipher

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about cipher requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to cipher only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

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.'

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