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In the [[Cognitive Realm]], Cryptics take the form of tall, willowy figures in too-stiff robes that hang off them as if made from glass rather than fabric.{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Cryptics.jpg|text=Shallan's Sketchbook - Cryptics}} Above their collars, where a human's head and face would be, they have a floating symbol full of impossible angles and geometries.{{book ref|sa1|29}} Different individuals have slightly different head patterns.{{book ref|sa3|102}} These patterns are constantly changing at varying speeds, seemingly never repeating, though individual patterns will always maintain the same general "feel".{{book ref|sa4|22}} The way a pattern changes reflects the Cryptic's mood, such as speeding up for confusion,{{book ref|sa4|26}} and slowing down for shame.{{book ref|sa4|93}} Despite not having any apparent means to do so, they are capable of hearing, seeing and speaking as well as any other spren.{{book ref|sa3|97}}{{book ref|sa4|75}} Their hands appear boney and as if chiseled from black obsidian or white marble.{{file ref|Shallan's Sketchbook - Cryptics.jpg|text=Shallan's Sketchbook - Cryptics}}
Trying to analyze their patterns is
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