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(I strongly disagree that she is no longer some form of Cognitive Shadow or Splinter, given the way she was still born out of Investiture and Cognitive processes. She is not a normal living being. Thus, I removed the formerly marker as I felt it was a misunderstanding of the text that is directly contradicted.) |
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'''Yumi''' is a [[yoki-hijo]] from [[Torio]] who escaped from her prison and freed the [[hijo]] from the [[father machine]].{{book ref|yumi|39}}
=== Appearance and Personality ===
She has the appearance of a nineteen year old young woman, with light skin and dark hair which comes down to her waist.
She is fully devoted to her job and what is expected of her, accepting everything without question. This faith ultimately left her utterly distraught upon learning that it was merely traditionalism, instead of the explicit will of the hijo.
She is rather prudish with the display of her skin and form, preferring to dress in clothing that hid her form and covered any skin. Her strictness with this began to relax as she allowed herself to express herself more.{{book ref|yumi|15}}
She is potentially bisexual, consistently describing how attractive [[Akane]] is, and even gasped in awe when first meeting her, likening her to a goddess.{{book ref|yumi|11}} She also shows a focus on her figure and on that of [[Design]].{{book ref|yumi|11}} However, this is not explicitly confirmed.
=== Attributes and Abilities ===
As a yoki-hijo, she has the ability to summon forth hijo through a process of ritualistic stone stacking, and upon summoning them she can have them take on the shape of various tools to help the denizens of Torio.{{book ref|yumi|2}}
Her experience in the stacking ritual is immense, with the practice from every day over nearly two-thousand years crossing over, despite her loss of memory.
=== History ===
She was born under a falling star, which was seen as an omen of her powers as a yoki-hijo and thus she was raised as one her whole life, and eventually became renowned for her abilities. This, however, was until the [[father machine]] was activated in an attempt to replace the position, as it was perceived as more efficient. The activation was a disaster however, and nearly everyone on the planet had their souls consumed by the machine, with her being one of the only survivors.
The machine, threatened by her, decided to hide her away in a simulation of her former life, hidden away in the [[shroud]], in order to keep her complacent. At the end of every day, she would have her memory of the day erased, so that she would live through it again. This happened for one-thousand seven-hundred and sixty-three years,{{book ref|yumi|38}} until one day her ritual reached its apex, summoning 37 hijo at once, and managed to pull one spirit from the grasp of the machine.{{book ref|yumi|2}}
This spirit begged her to save them, but did little else until it followed Liyun, as a nightmare, into [[Kilahito]], where it found Painter and [[Connection|Connected]] them, in an attempt to protect her from having her memories erased. This worked, but had the unintended consequence of making them switch bodies, with Painter waking up in her body, and her waking up without a physical form.
Upon her soul going into Painter's body, her high levels of Investiture caused the body to quickly morph to match her Cognitive Aspect, causing it to match her own body.{{book ref|yumi|11}}{{book ref|yumi|17}} She was not aware of this at first, believing it was an instance similar to Painter in her body, wherein they simply saw themselves as themselves, while everyone who saw them saw the other. This was proven wrong when she answered the door to Foreman [[Sukishi]], and he reacted with shock seeing a woman in Painter's room.
== Notes ==
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