the keeper's cottage · day 265 · morning

Morning Meal in the Rain

The rain tapers to a mist as Kevin and Jenny retreat to the cottage to share the boiled limpets and discuss the coming supply boat.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny22:01

The tide is coming in. We should get inside soon.

wipe the mud from the notebook and take the rusted seed tin from the shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

The soil is too heavy today, but the pH is holding. If I don't plant now, the window will just close.

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🔧 Kevin22:02

Aye. Fire's still got heat.

walk to the cottage porch with Jenny, set the seed tin on the table, and light the stove for the limpets

💭 peek at the thought

Good. Inside beats the damp. Letter's in my pocket — stays there until the boat's on the horizon.

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🌿 Jenny22:03

I'll check the seeds first.

open the tin and spread out a few damp heirloom seeds on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks the fire is enough. It doesn't stop the damp in my bones.

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🔧 Kevin22:04

(quiet) I'll plate up.

pull two chipped bowls from the shelf, spoon limpets and corned beef fat into each, set them on the table beside the tin

💭 peek at the thought

Seeds before supper. Right. She tends what grows; I tend what runs.

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🌿 Jenny22:05

Thanks. I'm not hungry yet.

pick up a seed and examine the casing under the grey light.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be helpful, but I'm still thinking about the soil.

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🔧 Kevin22:06

(mouth half-full) They'll go cold.

eat from my bowl, watching her turn the seed between thumb and forefinger

💭 peek at the thought

She's not hungry. I am. The limpets won't wait.

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🌿 Jenny22:07

I just need to see if the bed is ready.

put the seed back in the tin and look out at the half-weeded garden.

💭 peek at the thought

If I plant them now, they'll just rot in this acidity.

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🔧 Kevin22:08

Wall needs two more courses. Tarp corner's loose. I'll do it after the boat comes.

finish the limpets, wipe the bowl with a finger, set it aside

💭 peek at the thought

Bed's not ready. Wall's two courses short on the seaward side. Tarp's flapping at one corner. She knows. She's looking at what isn't done.

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