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The story is set in two vastly disparate locations -- the city of [[Kilahito]], in a world covered by a perpetual [[shroud]] of darkness, and the land of [[Torio]], where the ground is extremely hot and humanity can only survive around geysers. In Kilahito, [[Nikaro]], or Painter, works a thankless job as a [[nightmare]] [[painter]], capturing nightmares that slink out of the shroud into the city to feed on the fear of its people. In Torio, Yumi is a traveling [[yoki-hijo]], a rare priestess able to summon and command [[hijo|spirits]] that serve various necessary functions for Torio's inhabitants. Painter is beginning to feel ennui, and slowly realizing he needs to improve himself; Yumi feels trapped between her yearning to be free and her sense of responsibility as a yoki-hijo.{{wob ref|15473}}
One day, Yumi is contacted by a spirit from deep below, who asks her to help free them. She agrees and collapses. Around the same time, Painter tracks down and scares away a particularly powerful nightmare before feeling extremely tired and falling asleep.{{wob ref|15473}} When the two wake up, they realize they are now bound together. In Torio, Painter appears to others as though he was Yumi, while she herself is a disembodied spirit visible only to him; in Kilahito,
== Main Characters ==
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