For most Night Gobbos a belly full of special mushrooms leads to long hours of introspection, as strangely lucid thoughts create surprising depths in the usually shallow pools of consciousness. 'You know elves, right? Tall ent they. Tall and spindly. Not like us being spindly though. Coz they're tall. Wiv pointy ears. We got pointy ears too, but not like their pointy ears. Their pointy ears are pinker, right? Tall and pink. With bows. We got bows too, but not loke their bows. Their bows are taller, right?' Most Night Gobbos recover from these episodes. A few, very special gobbos, never quite recover their equilibrium.
'AND SOME ELVES DANCE WHEN DEY FIGHT, DA LANKY GITZ. WHAT WE NEEDZ IZ MORE DANCING WIV DA FIGHTIN' , INNIT? DANCIN' AND FIGHTIN'! I LOVE DANCIN', ME! I LIKE KICKIN' STUNTIEZ WHEN THEY ARE DOWN TOO! HOLD ON, HOLD ON, I LOVE THIS TRACK - THE DRUMS, GOBBO, FEEL THE BEAT, YEAH, LOVE THE BASSLINE ON DIS, I FINK THOSE 'SHROOMS WERE DUDS, BETTER HAVE SOME MORE, RIGHT? I LOVE YOU GOBBO. HEY LOOK AT ME DANCIN' NONE OF THE TWO-STEPPIN' FOR ME! MAKE SPACE, I MASHING IT, SPIN, SPIN, SPIN! HAHAHHEHHAHEHA! THIS SPINNIN' IS WICKED! WHAT WE NEEDZ IS SOMMIT TO MAKE US SPIN FASTER! THE COLOURS GO BLURRY! AND TURN SORT OF GREEN! 'ERE WHERE IS THAT CHAIN WIV DA BALL ON DA END?'
'AND SOME ELVES DANCE WHEN DEY FIGHT, DA LANKY GITZ. WHAT WE NEEDZ IZ MORE DANCING WIV DA FIGHTIN' , INNIT? DANCIN' AND FIGHTIN'! I LOVE DANCIN', ME! I LIKE KICKIN' STUNTIEZ WHEN THEY ARE DOWN TOO! HOLD ON, HOLD ON, I LOVE THIS TRACK - THE DRUMS, GOBBO, FEEL THE BEAT, YEAH, LOVE THE BASSLINE ON DIS, I FINK THOSE 'SHROOMS WERE DUDS, BETTER HAVE SOME MORE, RIGHT? I LOVE YOU GOBBO. HEY LOOK AT ME DANCIN' NONE OF THE TWO-STEPPIN' FOR ME! MAKE SPACE, I MASHING IT, SPIN, SPIN, SPIN! HAHAHHEHHAHEHA! THIS SPINNIN' IS WICKED! WHAT WE NEEDZ IS SOMMIT TO MAKE US SPIN FASTER! THE COLOURS GO BLURRY! AND TURN SORT OF GREEN! 'ERE WHERE IS THAT CHAIN WIV DA BALL ON DA END?'