Distinguishing Characters

[nablator]

However the idea that a cipher as complex as we see in  the Voynich manuscript emerged out of thin air is hard to believe. If it did then I can see the only explanation would be that it was invented by a great genius who was able to make such an intellectual leap out of nowhere.

Or we are seeing emergent behavior, not necessarily intended, from simple rules, easy to apply on the fly, without rewriting, code book, or maths.