Among the unaffiliated, Fleur Voile 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 Fleur Voile eventually hears the theory that the sealed doors are listening for a password the pups already say daily. The Yard has a small unspoken rule about teasing Fleur Voile near the drowned subway tunnels, mostly because nobody wants to lose. Fleur Voile is mostly trying to keep one small fire alive in a world that keeps mistaking warmth for noise.