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The shard [[Virtuosity]] Splintered herself at some point in the past, in the UTol system.{{book ref|yumi|1}} On that system's planet of [[Komashi]], the Splinters are known as [[hijo]], or 'spirits'; they form a major part of the lives of people all over Komashi, and are the key to their survival on the planet.{{book ref|yumi|17}}
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
The survivors wrested the hion to their own needs to persevere until, seventeen centuries later, the machine was finally defeated by [[Yumi]] and the hijo were freed again.{{book ref|yumi|41}} They then entered into a more amicable relationship with humanity, and provided hion freely.{{book ref|yumi|part=anotherepilogue}}
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