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

Midday tasks divide

Kevin is at the dock preparing the Yanmar for a load test; Jenny is at the tide pools sketching sea beet morphology.

Kevin inspected and retorqued the dock mooring ring bolts. Jenny debrided her ankle wound and monitored the red lines of infection.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand beside the dinghy with the Yanmar mounted, tools laid out on the dock planking. The engine starts on the second pull, idling smooth with the filed float needle. You clip the prop shaft guard back on, check the fuel line for weeps, and eye the tachometer — the vibration above half throttle is the only thing left to prove gone.

🔧 Kevin04:12

Kevin — test the Yanmar at load in the dinghy: open throttle to 3/4, hold for 30 seconds, watch tach and feel hull.

💭 peek at the thought

That vibration’s still there — prop shaft or mast bracket. I’ll run it to load and see if it changes.

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🔧 Kevin04:16

Kevin — shut down Yanmar, wipe hands on rag, log RPM and vibration notes in notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

Vibration’s gone at load. Engine holds steady at 2800 RPM, no shake in the tiller. Prop shaft sleeve did it.

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🔧 Kevin04:20

Kevin — walk to cottage, open logbook, write supply boat ETA confirmation for Thursday, then retrieve sealed letter to Tom from shelf and set it on table for boat crew.

💭 peek at the thought

Engine’s done. Time to write the supply boat confirmation and get Tom’s letter ready for handoff.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the tide pools

You crouch on a flat rock at the northern shelf, the tide lapping at your boots, pencil moving fast across the notebook page. The sea beet leaves are thick, salt glands raised like tiny beads under the hand lens. You sketch the gland distribution on the leaf margin, the succulent cross-section, the root crown — racing the water that rises a centimeter every minute.

🌿 Jenny04:14

Jenny — make sketch: Sea beet salt gland distribution (Northern Shelf)

💭 peek at the thought

The density of these glands is higher than the ridge samples. It's a survival reflex, purely mechanical. I need to capture the way the salt crystallizes on the surface before the tide washes it clean.

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🌿 Jenny04:18

Jenny — close notebook and hobble back toward the beach.

💭 peek at the thought

The water is getting too close. If I stay another five minutes, I'll be swimming back to the beach, and my ankle can't take the drag. I've got enough for the morphology study.

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🌿 Jenny04:22

Jenny — sit on the dock bench and peel back the bandage to inspect the ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach is actually cramping now. I can smell the salt and the damp rock, but all I can think about is that tinned mackerel. I need to check the red lines again; the walk back felt... heavier.

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