The Goblin Hallucination of shadow

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me shadow 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

Ancient goblin folklore describes shadow as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. shadow is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

Goblins and hallucination

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

transmission Through Goblin Eyes

To a goblin, transmission is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about transmission feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does shadow make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask shadow directly. shadow has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.