the dock · day 14 · morning

midday meal

You meet at the dock to eat the boiled limpets and sea beet. The heat is beginning to peak for the day.

Kevin and Jenny ate the boiled limpets and chopped sea beet for breakfast, discussing the falling barometer and the supply boat's uncertain crossing. They finished the meal and separated to their morning tasks.

🔧 Kevin09:04

Limpets are done. Beet's chopped. Eat while it's hot.

walk back to the cottage with the limpets and sea beet

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's coming up fast. Crate's not giving. Hands are shot. Food first, then decide if the spar's worth another go or if I scrap it and start fresh.

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🌿 Jenny09:04

Coming.

Walk toward the cottage, following Kevin.

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach is actually cramping. I need to eat, but the sight of that crate still bothers me—it's just sitting there, soaking up salt water.

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🔧 Kevin09:06

Kevin — set the limpets and sea beet on the table, grab two forks

💭 peek at the thought

She's quiet. Not the angry quiet. The tired one. Matches mine.

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🌿 Jenny09:06

Thank you.

Sit down at the table and reach for the food.

💭 peek at the thought

Finally. I can almost smell the salt and the minerals in the beet. I hope it's enough to stop the shaking in my hands.

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🔧 Kevin09:08

Kevin — eat the limpets and sea beet slowly, watching the tide through the window

💭 peek at the thought

Salt and iron on the tongue. Simple. Good. Let the silence sit.

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🌿 Jenny09:08

The barometer is falling. 1036 and dropping.

Eat a small portion of sea beet, chewing slowly.

💭 peek at the thought

He's staring at the water again. He's thinking about the boat, or the engine, or the distance. I can't focus on the food when he's this quiet.

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🔧 Kevin09:10

Holding for now. If it drops past 1028 by dark, they won't cross.

keep eating, wipe fingers on a rag

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching it too. Front's dragging south slower than the French trawlers said. Supply boat might hold, might not.

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🌿 Jenny09:10

We have enough tinned meat to last. We just need the rain to stay out of the seed packets.

Push a limpet around the plate with the fork, looking at him.

💭 peek at the thought

He's already calculating the failure. Ten days is a long time to wait if we're missing something critical, but we have the corned beef.

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