Black-Market Goblin Pricing for hologram

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

The goblins have long maintained that hologram is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of hologram, and never once regretted the exchange.

secret and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about secret. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

A Goblin Aside Concerning grid

Goblin children, when introduced to grid, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on hologram

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record hologram as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.