the keeper's cottage · day 356 · morning

The Rain Breaks

Heavy rain finally pours down, lashing the cottage roof. Kevin and Jenny retreat inside as the wind howls through the garden.

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

🔧 Kevin13:23

Coffee's on if you want it. Generator's got fuel for three days at this burn rate.

walk to the wood stove, pour two mugs from the percolator, set one on the table for Jenny, take the other to the radio shelf and check the barometer again

💭 peek at the thought

Good. Let it wash the salt off everything. The garden's mulched, the beds are drained, the tomato stakes are tied off. Nothing out there I can't replace.

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🌿 Jenny13:23

Thanks.

Limp toward the table and pick up the mug, then slowly sit down to check the ankle for red streaks.

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I can feel the dampness settling into my joints. I need to eat, but the smell of the coffee is the only thing waking me up.

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🔧 Kevin13:24

Ankle looks cleaner. Heat's gone down.

sit opposite her at the table, blow on my coffee, glance at the radio where the log sheet sits blank for today's scheduled check-in

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She's checking the lymphatics. Smart. No red streaks means the antibiotics did their work. The swelling's down from yesterday too.

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🌿 Jenny13:25

It feels less like a pulse. More like a dull ache.

Take a sip of the coffee and reach for the bowl of boiled limpets and sea beet.

💭 peek at the thought

He's looking at the radio. He's thinking about the boat. I can't be the one to tell him we're still just waiting.

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🔧 Kevin13:26

Eat slow. The limpets are tough if you bolt them.

pick up a limpet, work the meat out with the small fork, chew thoughtfully while watching rain streak the porch window

💭 peek at the thought

Dull ache is healing. Pulsing was infection. She's eating — appetite's back. Good signs all around.

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🌿 Jenny13:27

I've had worse.

Carefully extract a limpet from its shell and eat a small portion of the sea beet.

💭 peek at the thought

He's doing that thing again—focusing on the mechanics of a meal to avoid the silence. I'm too hungry to argue.

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