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=== Blind Characters ===

Blind characters are faces in the Brooding writing system with both eyes closed. Unlike the other characters,

which represent specific sounds or blends, blind characters serve a number of different functions, depending on

how they are used. We'll go through each use below.

==== Solitary Characters ====

Blind characters can be used by themselves to symbolize single words, usually words with syntactic functions.

==== Paired Characters ====

Some blind characters paired with another character stands for specific words as well. Note that the order of the

characters is not important, just that they are together in a two character word.

==== Noun Modifiers ====

Blind characters, when in a noun word, indicate the declension on the noun. This indicates case and number in

the standard ways for Brooding. The character can appear in the word, except the beginning. In the noun, only

the mouth on the blind character - the tilt is irrelevant, though the default is usually straight.

==== Verb Modifiers ====

Blind characters, when in a noun word, indicate the conjugation on the noun. This indicates the tense of the

verb, the aspect and whether the verb is negated or not. The character can appear in the word, except the

beginning.

The solitary blind faces for aeram, zraeram, auplen and zrauplen can be combined with the above verb modifiers

into paired characters to indicate the appropriate conjugation of the verb. Note that in this pairing, the

affirmative/negative feature of the verb modifier is ignored. Rather the inherent one in the verb is used instead.

== General Structure ==

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