Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the garden

The Tide Recedes

Kevin is at the dock while Jenny is at the garden.

The tide is receding, exposing the slick rocks of the lower pools. Kevin has finished organizing the tins on the dock, his hands smelling of resin and salt from the mast repair. Jenny is at the garden, struggling with the heavy humidity as she prepares the soil for the seeds.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You inspect the tins found in the crate to check for damage. The water is finally starting to turn.

🔧 Kevin12:04

Kevin — wipe down each tin with my shirt sleeve, check the seams and lids for rust pitting, set them in a dry row on the dock planking

💭 peek at the thought

Six cans of corned beef, a jar of coffee — seals intact on all of them. The water didn't get inside. That's something.

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🔧 Kevin12:08

Kevin — gather the six corned beef tins and coffee jar, carry them up the path toward the cottage

💭 peek at the thought

Crate's empty now. Tide's turning proper — water pulling back, showing the weed line. Should get these tins up to the cottage before the gulls decide the coffee jar's a toy.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You check the shade cloth over the new seedlings. The air pressure feels heavy.

🌿 Jenny12:06

Jenny — tighten the twine securing the shade cloth to the stakes, then walk toward the cottage to get the limpets and sea beet.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is barely damp. If the rain comes now, it'll be a deluge, not a soak. I hope the cloth keeps them from being flattened.

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🌿 Jenny12:10

Jenny — set the bowl of boiled limpets and chopped sea beet on the outdoor table and call out toward the dock for Kevin.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't eat another bite of something that tastes like a salt lick. I need to get Kevin away from the dock and look at that mast before he thinks it's "good enough."

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.