The Apophenic Goblin Discovers shadow

A recently translated goblin text, written on what appears to be stolen parchment, contains startling revelations about shadow.

On the goblin cosmological maps, shadow sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.

delusion and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Goblin survey data on delusion reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe delusion primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

engine and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on shadow: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.