the keeper's cottage · day 11 · night

Evening Meal

You sit together at the wooden table as the steam rises from the limpets. The lamp flickers against the darkening outside.

Kevin and Jenny ate the boiled limpets and sea beet in the stifling heat. The barometer began to drop rapidly, signaling a change in the oppressive dry weather despite the night's calm.

🔧 Kevin07:01

Eat while it's hot. Goes rubbery cold.

pick up a limpet with the small fork, pull the foot free, and eat it

💭 peek at the thought

The lamp light catches the salt on her fingers. She's quiet tonight. The storm took something out of both of us.

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🌿 Jenny07:01

It's good. The sea beet cuts the salt.

Pick up a piece of sea beet and chew slowly, letting the saltiness linger on my tongue.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so worried about the food, but I'm worried about the water levels.

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🔧 Kevin07:03

Mm.

reach for another limpet, work the fork into the shell

💭 peek at the thought

She's trying. Making conversation about the food. The storm shook her more than she'll say.

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🌿 Jenny07:04

(No response - too tired to form words)

Put down the fork and lean back in my chair, staring at the water droplets on the windowpane.

💭 peek at the thought

I keep thinking about those mold colonies under the microscope this morning. That shouldn't be keeping me awake.

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🔧 Kevin07:05

Kevin — finish the limpet, wipe fingers on the cloth, pour tea from the pot into both mugs

💭 peek at the thought

She's done. The storm, the crate, the heat — all of it. Best to let the quiet sit.

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🌿 Jenny07:05

Thanks.

Take the mug, wrapping both hands around the ceramic to feel the warmth seep into my palms.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat is still trapped in the stone walls even with the sun gone down.

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🔧 Kevin07:07

Radio check at twenty hundred. French trawler didn't answer yesterday. Might not tonight either.

sit back in the chair, cradle my own mug, listen to the wind generator spin down outside

💭 peek at the thought

Steam rises between us. The radio hums its low static on the shelf. Outside the barometer's still falling, slow and steady.

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🌿 Jenny07:07

We'll check the log after we eat.

Take a slow sip of the tea, watching the flickering shadow of the lamp on the wall.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come, we'll have to be stricter with the rations.

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