Manifested Goblin Reality of hallucination

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about hallucination and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, hallucination occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

Goblins and void

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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning ritual

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ritual. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted hallucination for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.