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

Preparing for the Supply Boat

Kevin is at the dock and Jenny is at the cottage.

Kevin spent the brutal heat at the dock finalizing the Yanmar engine and securing the lines for the boat's arrival. Jenny monitored the heirloom seedlings, ensuring they remained moist under the shade cloth despite the shimmering heatwave.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You check the tension on the new half-inch three-strand rope.

🔧 Kevin01:32

Kevin — check the chafe point where the line runs over the dock cleat, then walk the length back to the dinghy transom to verify the eye splice seats proper on the samson post.

💭 peek at the thought

Stern line splice is holding. Three full tucks each side, served clean. Won't come undone unless something cuts it.

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🔧 Kevin01:36

Kevin — walk back up the jetty toward the cottage, wiping the last of the grease off my hands on the rag, tossing it over my shoulder onto the porch rail as I pass.

💭 peek at the thought

Heat's still brutal. Engine's heat-soaked from the test run — let it cool proper before I button it up. Jenny'll have the limpets boiling by now.

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🔧 Kevin01:40

Kevin — step through the cottage door, pull out the chair at the table, sit heavy and wait for the plate.

💭 peek at the thought

Smell of boiled limpets and corned beef fat drifting from the kitchen. Good. Stomach's been growling since the engine test.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You sketch the salt glands of the sea beet leaves in your notebook.

🌿 Jenny01:34

Stay strong, you little things.

wipe sweat from my brow with the back of a hand and adjust the shade cloth over the trays.

💭 peek at the thought

If I can just capture the way they handle the salt, maybe I can understand how to survive this.

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🌿 Jenny01:38

Jenny — stand up and walk to the rain tank to check the water level.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat is a physical weight now, like the island breathing through the stone.

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🌿 Jenny01:42

Jenny — walk back to the porch and sit in the shade, watching the air shimmer over the sand.

💭 peek at the thought

278 litres. If the boat doesn't come tomorrow, I have to be more careful.

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