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On the UTol planet of [[Komashi]], the Splinters of [[Virtuosity]] take on the forms of the [[hijo]], which are 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 investitureInvestiture 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}}
 
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}}