The Atemporal Goblin Diary About hallucination

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that hallucination is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin hallucination and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

Variant Goblin Readings of void

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

Echoes of testament in the Goblin Archive

A goblin who lived near the testament site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on hallucination with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.