I'm living in an upstairs apartment with big windows and sliding glass doors out to a terrace overlooking a great city.

Night. Out on our terrace wall, a red fox! Of course I know why he's here--there can't be many potential mates for an urban pioneer. So he's curious about our pet cat-fox. But she's strictly an indoor pet.

He's bold! Comes right up to the door. Clever too--understands doors, and wants me to let him in.

Our cat-fox is curious--paws on the glass between them.

But wild foxes can carry distemper, so I make sure all the windows the fox can reach are shut.

That's useless. This fox is talented. He steps into the living room--right through the glass. A wizard-fox, it seems.

Regretfully--he seems friendly enough, and why shouldn't our catfox have some fun?--I grab him by the scruff of his neck, pick him up--once firmly gripped, he doesn't fight--and take him back outside. Set him down, let go, and eye him meaningfully.

To my surprise, he honors my "no" and doesn't walk through the glass again.

For now.

NOTES IN THE MORNING

• City high-rise, skyscraper view: I do live in a city, but not in a tower cut off from nature like this. Never have.
• Shut the sliding glass doors: it's a hot night, and the sliding doors on our deck cool the house, but my housemate Alder wants them shut while we sleep. The area's had a rash of burglaries. Still...
• Fox wants my catfox, walks through glass to reach her: so he means both sex AND magic!
• Contact with outsider risks illness: I'm lonely, but I'm in two high-risk groups, and a wave of Covid (and deaths) is sweeping through my town right now, so I'm still mostly staying in.
• Fox-cat hybrid: tonight I saw the TV series Lucifer, and the fox-cat strikes me as a blend of its stars. Lucifer's the fox (wizard and rogue), and Chloe Decker's the cat (feline, independent, and oddly immune to his power to bring out hidden desires.)
• Fox accepts my "no": Lucifer, unable to enchant Decker, decides to see if he can win her over honestly. And, apparently, my wild side is willing to wait a bit longer too. For now.

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