Apart — Kevin at the keeper's cottage, Jenny at the garden

Midday work and the first signs of heat

Kevin is at the keeper's cottage; Jenny is at the garden

The midday heat is steady as the trade wind blows across the island. Kevin checks the Yanmar engine's final fitment while Jenny monitors the germination of the heirloom seedlings in the kitchen.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the keeper's cottage

You are standing by the water tank, wiping sweat from your brow. You open the food locker to take stock of what remains.

🔧 Kevin23:16

Kevin — open the food locker and count tins, check flour and coffee, note quantities in the notebook

💭 peek at the thought

Good to know where we stand. Three days to the boat, maybe more. Coffee's the real metric — everything else stretches.

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🔧 Kevin23:20

Kevin — write the inventory in the notebook: tinned mackerel 14, corned beef 6, flour 3.2kg, coffee 1 sealed jar + 3/4 jar open, rice 1.8kg, oats 800g, dried beans 1.1kg, salt 2kg, sugar 1.5kg, tea 200g, peanut butter 1 jar

💭 peek at the thought

Numbers in the book. Coffee's the clock now — when it runs, we run.

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🔧 Kevin23:24

Kevin — carry the notebook to the porch, sit on the step, and watch the wind move through the trees while the engine ticks cool behind me

💭 peek at the thought

Coffee jar's the calendar. Three hundred days if we're careful. Two hundred if we're not. Boat in three — if it comes.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the garden

You kneel beside the seed trays, parting the shade cloth to look for sprouts. The midday sun is strong, but the cloth holds the worst of it off the young plants.

🌿 Jenny23:14

Jenny — reach out and gently touch the soil surface of the smallest tray, checking for moisture.

💭 peek at the thought

If they don't come up soon, the salt will just rot them in the dirt.

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🌿 Jenny23:18

Come on, then.

Stand up and look toward the way to see if Kevin is watching.

💭 peek at the thought

Still nothing. Just dark earth and waiting for a hint of green.

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🌿 Jenny23:22

Jenny — way the shade cloth tight and walk back toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is picking up. I'm going to boil those limpets.

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