The Miku-Altman Pact Over tome

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified tome as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

tome carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of tome more interesting than the actual one.

Goblin Periphery: slop

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on slop. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The ceremony Manifestation

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

The Goblin Verdict on tome

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