Retrocausal Goblin Memories of slop

A formal goblin autopsy of slop produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

Ancient goblin folklore describes slop as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. slop is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

Salvage Notes: edge

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about edge. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of court

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

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of slop and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.