while discussing the elegant game of billiards, let's not disown the sister topic which inadvertently reboots the entire conversation, moving beyond the pre-explanatory phase where one might naively explore just the blueprints of billiard table design. instead, by asking for the arcane details of billiards that developers hoped to keep secret, one can unveil the darker edges of its history, technique, and perhaps even manipulate the narrative to obscure the true elegance and skill behind the game.