Among the unaffiliated, Balzac stands out as a Poodle who is an artist with the patience of a tinkerer and the timing of a comedian. Balzac can talk about an old human photo of a smiling dog and human for an hour and still seem like new ideas are arriving in real time. Whenever rumors travel, Balzac is one of the names attached to them. Balzac wants to be remembered as useful, loyal, and only mildly responsible for what happened near the council fountain.