the keeper's cottage · day 150 · morning

Morning Day 150

Kevin and Jenny meet inside the cottage as the heavy air presses down on island. The barometer remains steady at 980 hPa while they plan for the day.

Kevin successfully stepped the spruce mast and bent on the sail at the dock. Jenny tended to the seabird chick and inspected the garden perimeter, noting the stability of the storm shelters.

🌿 Jenny09:26

The barometer is holding, but it feels like the air is made of wool. I'm going to check the trays and the chick before I do the perimeter.

Walk over to the seed trays on the kitchen table and gently touch the soil to check the moisture.

💭 peek at the thought

He smells like diesel and salt. I can't tell if he's actually listening to me or just waiting for me to stop talking so he can go back to his epoxy.

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🔧 Kevin09:26

Mm. Air's thick enough to chew. I'll take the mast step and sail down to the dock while you're at it. If the breeze stays under fifteen, I'll bend it on proper.

walk out the porch door toward the dock, spruce mast and sail bundled over my shoulder

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's stuck at 980. Not rising, not falling. That's the worst kind of waiting. She's moving to the trays — good, keeps her hands busy. I need to get the dinghy mast stepped before the wind decides for us.

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🌿 Jenny09:28

Don't push it if the wind shifts!

Pick up the spray bottle and mist the basil seedlings, then move toward the door to head for the shed.

💭 peek at the thought

Always the boat. The boat is the only thing he knows how to fix because it doesn't have a soul that can wither.

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🔧 Kevin09:28

Won't. Fifteen's my line.

continue down the path to the dock, mast and sail over shoulder, eyes on the treetops for wind telltales

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the sky through me. Always has. The mast step's solid — doubler plate, two ten-mil stainless through-bolts, nylocs. It'll hold. Question's the spar itself, that split at the step breathing under load.

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🌿 Jenny09:30

Jenny — walk out to the shed and carefully lift the lid of the box containing the seabird chick.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so certain about his lines. I wonder if he has a line for when we stop speaking entirely.

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