Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the tide pools

The Approaching Squ

Kevin is at the dock while Jenny is at the tide pools.

The warm rain tapers into a steady drizzle as the tide retreats, exposing slick black rocks. Kevin spent the afternoon wrestling with the Yanmar, frustrated by a persistent vibration that refused to quit despite his torque checks. Meanwhile, Jenny found a quiet focus among the tide pools, meticulously documenting the salt glands of the sea beet in her notebook while keeping her sketches dry from the damp air.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You crouch by the Yanmar, checking for leaks or loose bolts in the heat.

🔧 Kevin01:38

Kevin — wipe the fuel line fitting with a rag, check the banjo bolt torque with the wrench, then scan the bilge for fresh diesel sheen

💭 peek at the thought

Heat's making the fuel line weep at the injector banjo. Tightened it twice this week. Might need a new copper washer before the supply boat gets here.

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🔧 Kevin01:42

Kevin — shut down the Yanmar, pull the kill cord, and wipe down the cylinder head fins while the metal's still warm

💭 peek at the thought

Bilge is dry. Banjo held at 18Nm. Engine's sound at idle — no knock, no miss. But the vibration at 1800 RPM is still there, faint, like a heartbeat in the shaft. Prop's true, shaft's sleeved, bracket's bolted. Only thing left is the mast bracket alignment or the cutlass bearing. Neither's a dockside fix.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the tide pools

You peer through the water, looking for life clinging to the stones.

🌿 Jenny01:40

Jenny — lean over the edge of a pool, squinting through the ripples to spot the tell-tale shadows of mollusks against the black rock.

💭 peek at the thought

Hunger is starting to gnaw. If I can find a few more large limpets or maybe a stray octopus, it'll save us from another tin of corned beef.

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🌿 Jenny01:44

Jenny — gather the last few limpets into a bucket and close the notebook, shielding the sketches from the rain.

💭 peek at the thought

The rain is getting steadier. I need to get back before the shelf floods completely, or I'll be scrambling up the cliff face with wet boots.

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