I was defending the cat from an evil jumping spider when James began calling me from the back step.

“Hon! Hon! You should–you gotta see–oh man–”

“What? What? THERE’S A SPIDER!”

Deciding to leave the spider to its own devices, the cat and I came out to join him on the back step. “What was it?”

“I just saw a squirrel try to mount a rabbit.”

…well, I had begun to suspect that the Vortex really was localized to the old place, but now I’m wondering.