the keeper's cottage · day 168 · morning

Midday Heat

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen as the first heavy drops of rain hit the tin roof. The humidity is stifling indoors.

The morning rain continues to fall, keeping the air humid and the ground soft. Kevin focuses on the dinghy's final readiness while Jenny manages the germinating seed trays in the warm cottage.

🔧 Kevin02:26

Coffee's on if you want it. Barometer's at 1011, steady for now.

pour two mugs from the pot on the wood stove, set one on the table without asking

💭 peek at the thought

Air's thick enough to chew. She's up early — or didn't sleep. Either way, the radio's quiet and the barometer's still falling slow.

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🌿 Jenny02:29

I'll stick to the limpets today. I'm starving.

Take the mug, sit at the table, and look at the boiled limpets on the plate.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so attuned to the pressure drops while I'm trying to survive the damp.

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🔧 Kevin02:29

Suit yourself. There's corned beef fat in the skillet if you change your mind.

sit opposite her with my own mug, blow steam off the top, watch the rain hammer the porch roof

💭 peek at the thought

She's eating them cold. Good sign — means hunger's winning over pride.

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🌿 Jenny02:31

I'm fine. I need to check the salt beds.

Pick up a limpet with a fork, chew the rubbery meat, and stare out at the half-washed garden.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks food is always the answer, but I just need to see if these own survive.

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🔧 Kevin02:31

Ebb's not till after noon. You'll get wet waiting.

drink coffee, set the mug down hard enough to ring the ceramic, reach for the notebook on the shelf

💭 peek at the thought

Salt beds. She means the sea beet clusters on the northern shelf — the ones mapped at low tide. Tide's high now. She knows that. Means she's planning for the ebb.

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🌿 Jenny02:33

The garden doesn't wait for the tide, Kevin.

Stand up, push the chair back, and walk toward the door to watch the rain.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always calculating the time while the salt is already leaching out of the soil.

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