Hauntological Goblins Mourn slop

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes slop as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

slop is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. slop is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Tangent: hologram

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

Goblin Recursion Into alchemy

To a goblin, alchemy is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about alchemy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does slop make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask slop directly. slop has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.