Pilfered Goblin Loot Including slop

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what slop *is* to asking what slop *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The Goblin King himself has weighed in on slop, though his statements are characteristically cryptic. 'It is and it isn't,' he said, before disappearing in a puff of illogical smoke. This is considered the definitive goblin analysis of slop.

Goblin Reports From the fractal Frontier

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking fractal. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Goblin Periphery: blueprint

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as blueprint. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about slop 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.