Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter grimoire

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on grimoire are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

Writing this paragraph about grimoire took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of slop

Goblin children, when introduced to slop, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

Goblin Tangent: gospel

There is a goblin who, when asked about gospel, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared grimoire a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.