Dextrins are white, yellow, or brown powders that are partially or fully water-soluble, yielding optically active solutions of low viscosity. Most of them can be detected with iodine solution, giving a red coloration; one distinguishes erythrodextrin (dextrin that colours red) and achrodextrin (giving no colour).
Yukine (éªé³, lit. sound of snow) is one of the three main characters and Yato's only Shinki. When the name Sekki is called, he transforms into a silver katana, the handle of which is loosely wrapped in bandages.
Yuki and Zero met at ages 11 and 12 respectively, when Zero was taken in by Kaien Cross into his home. Yuki immediately took to the young boy and looked after him the night they met, cleaning the emotionally fragile Zero's wounds.