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|Hoid describing the Hijo{{book ref|yumi|4}}

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During the [[Torio]] period, figures known as the [[Yoki-hijo]] served to attract these, and bind them into various objects used by denizens.{{book ref|yumi|4}} At one point, a [[Institute of Mechanical Solutions|group of scholars]] discovered that hijo could also be attracted by mechanical means to produce a more general-use form of Investiture known as [[hion]]. Unfortunately, the [[father machine|machine]] they [[Awakening|Awakened]] to automate this was instructed incorrectly, imprisoning the hijo and killing almost all the planet's human population.{{book ref|yumi|39}}