Among the unaffiliated, Rodin stands out as a Poodle who is the kind of pup who walks past plain and chooses something braver. Rodin keeps a private map of the coastal towers, marked with which corners feel kind and which feel watched. Old pups warn the young ones that Rodin is harder to mislead than to befriend. Rodin believes ordinary days are where big mysteries hide, usually under a bowl or behind a door nobody checked.