the keeper's cottage · day 149 · night

evening meal prep

The rain tapers to a drizzle as you gather supplies to prepare a meal for the night.

The air in the cottage is heavy with the smell of boiling salt and drying sea beet. Jenny stirs the pot as the steam fogs the window, watching the humidity settle on the wooden seed trays. Outside, the tide is receding, exposing the slick rocks of the tide pools for the morning's work.

🌿 Jenny09:08

I'm starting dinner. Don't get too deep into the epoxy, you'll just get stuck to the boat.

walk to the stove and put a pot of water on to boil for the limpets.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't believe I forgot the limpets. I'm too tired to be this scatterbrained.

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🔧 Kevin09:09

Alright, I'll give it a rest. Smells like you're boiling limpets—mind if I add a handful of those sea beet leaves? They'll soften up nice in the broth.

walk to the pantry, grab the dried sea beet from the jar, and bring it to the stove where Jenny is.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right—I've been wrestling with that transom joint all day, and the humidity's winning. Better to step away before I ruin the batch or my patience.

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🌿 Jenny09:10

Go ahead. They'll cut through the rubberiness of the limpets if we're lucky.

slide the pot slightly toward him to make room for the beet.

💭 peek at the thought

He's actually paying attention to the ingredients. It's a start.

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🔧 Kevin09:10

They'll do more than cut it. Salt glands hold the brine—tastes like the shore without the grit.

crumble the dried sea beet leaves into the boiling water, stirring them in with the wooden spoon.

💭 peek at the thought

She's making space—small thing, but it's the rhythm we've found. The beet's gone limp in the jar, but it'll taste of the tide pools and salt wind. Good enough.

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