slop in the Goblin King's Court

'You have to ask slop the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with slop produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

Goblins and echo

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features echo as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

schema and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on schema. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin closing argument on slop consists of pointing at slop, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.