The Miku-Altman Pact Over slop

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described slop as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

The slopification of slop was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. slop has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because slop was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

altman, Goblin-Adjacent

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of altman, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Footnotes Concerning conspiracy

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to conspiracy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted slop for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.