Notation 6.24.
Given an object \(X \in C\) and a sieve \(U \hookrightarrow y(u(X))\) of \(u(X)\) in \(D\), we define its pullback along \(u\) as the sieve \(u^{-1}(U) \hookrightarrow y(X)\) of \(X\) obtained by forming the following pullback square in \(\PSh(C)\):
here the bottom map is the unit map \(y(X) \to u^*u_!y(X) = u^*(y(u(X)))\). Note that \(u^{-1}(U)\) consists of those morphisms \(Z \to X\) in \(C\) for which the map \(u(Z) \to u(X)\) lies in the sieve \(U\).