Among the unaffiliated, Pixel Bolt stands out as a Dalmation who is a flicker of black and white that always knows the shortest line. There is a story going around that Pixel Bolt once heard a ribbon faded by ocean salt answer back, briefly. The Yard has a small unspoken rule about teasing Pixel Bolt near the fountain steps in The Yard, mostly because nobody wants to lose. Every so often Pixel Bolt stumbles on a relic too odd to explain and wisely decides to explain it anyway.