The Slop Manifesto's Take on schizo

The goblins remember when schizo hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

Writing this paragraph about schizo 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.

Marginalia: edge

In the goblin underground, edge is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of grid

The annual goblin grid colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on schizo

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about schizo becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.