Octavian is a Cane Corso of no club, the kind of pup small terriers walk around without admitting why. Pups near the bone polishers den say Octavian once stayed up all night arguing with a coin with a face nobody recognizes, and won. Even the glassbirds quiet for a moment when Octavian walks under the leaning tree. Octavian suspects that bravery is mostly stubbornness with a better reputation.