A Hologram Goblin Explains 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.

There is a goblin meditation technique for contacting slop. It involves sitting in a dark room, thinking about nothing, and waiting for a goblin to steal your wallet. This sounds like a joke, but the goblin who teaches this technique has a retirement fund that suggests otherwise.

Goblin Reports From the tome Frontier

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

cipher, Goblin-Adjacent

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on cipher: '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 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.