The Goblin of the Lonely slop

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on slop are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

The goblin board's investment thesis on slop runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

secret as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

To a goblin, secret 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 secret feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Footnotes Concerning revelation

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on revelation: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin verdict on slop is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. slop has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.