new I’d say 10-month-old kitten in the neighborhood, cream with some grey tabby stripes and a pink belled collar, I’m thinking of calling him Cooks (bcuz “Cookies” sounds wrong)

I’d seen him through the window a few times but never with Badger, but then I was out once and they were squatted at each other for 10mins or so and then Badger trotted off and he followed