Too hot to sleep upstairs

1:32 AM - up for a snack. Sleeping in basement tonight again because it is 30° C. I am on the futon, Cameron on the guest bed. I prefer the firmer mattress of the futon, and the futon back supports my back so that I stay on my left side, and wake up less often. Had windows open to get some cool air in and woke up to Cameron scaring away a cat who was staring down our Scarlet. Our poor kitty wanted to do the scaring away, I'm sure, to protect us, you know, but as it IS 1:30 in the morning, she understood that Cameron would be more efficient at it. Other cat was black, he said - could be Velvet, the 3-lb kitten from 3 doors down we found Scarlet fighting with last summer (Scarlet was losing, how embarrassing!).