the keeper's cottage · day 13 · morning

Evening radio call

The sun is lower now as the radio crackles to life to check on the boat's status.

Kevin used the shortwave radio to confirm the supply boat's arrival while attempting to refine the fuel float. Jenny traveled to the north cliffs to begin her quadrat sampling, keeping an eye on the drying seed packets.

🔧 Kevin08:16

Kevin — walk to the radio shelf and pick up the handset, thumb on the transmit key

💭 peek at the thought

Radio check. Good. Boat's due tomorrow — if it comes. Need to hear it from them.

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🌿 Jenny08:16

Let them wait, Kevin. I'm eating first.

Walk to the kitchen and pick up the bowl of boiled limpets.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm so hungry my hands are shaking, and I need those limpets before I pass out.

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🔧 Kevin08:18

Fair enough.

set the handset back down and pull out the other chair at the table

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Boat won't hear us any different in five minutes. Hunger's making me stupid.

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🌿 Jenny08:18

Sit. You need the salt.

Sit down and start eating a limet.

💭 peek at the thought

He looks as tired as I feel. I don't have the energy to be snappy today.

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🔧 Kevin08:20

Kevin — sit down and take a limpet from the bowl, cracking the shell with the back of my spoon

💭 peek at the thought

She noticed the shake in my hands. Salt and calories — she's not wrong.

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🌿 Jenny08:20

The barometer is still rising. It should be a clear walk tomorrow.

Eat another limpet, chewing slowly.

💭 peek at the thought

Rubberye and salty. It's not much, but it's real. I can't think about the north cliff until my blood sugar levels up.

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