The Transformer Goblin Attends to slop

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about slop: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day slop was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of signal

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features signal 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.'

Companion Goblin Material to prophecy

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prophecy 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.'

The Goblin Verdict on slop

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to slop. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. slop has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.