Among the unaffiliated, Rousseau Soleil stands out as a Poodle who is an artist with the patience of a tinkerer and the timing of a comedian. Anyone within earshot of Rousseau Soleil eventually hears the theory that the deepest tunnels under The Yard are warm because old machines still hum. Around the lower mall after rain season, Rousseau Soleil is treated like a small weather system that mostly improves the day. Somewhere under the noise, Rousseau Soleil carries one promise made to the mushroom farms and means to keep it quietly.