the keeper's cottage · day 357 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

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

🌿 Jenny14:34

Jenny — walk to the kitchen table, sit, and gather the first aid kit and the remaining gauze.

💭 peek at the thought

way own is throbbing in time with the heat; I need to clean that wound before it gets any worse.

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🔧 Kevin14:34

Want me to look at it?

Set the wrench down on the workbench and walk over to the table, pulling out the chair opposite her.

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving slow. Ankle's worse than she let on yesterday.

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🌿 Jenny14:36

I have it. I just need the clean gauze.

Unlace the ankle brace and peel back the old bandage, wincing as it sticks to the skin.

💭 peek at the thought

If he touches it with those Analysis hands, he'll just make it worse; I need to be precise.

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🔧 Kevin14:37

Let me.

Reach for the antiseptic bottle and clean gauze from the kit, fingers hovering — waiting for her to nod or pull away.

💭 peek at the thought

That's not just stiffness. Skin's raw, maybe weeping. She's been walking on it all morning.

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🌿 Jenny14:40

way. Just be careful.

Lean back and rest the swollen ankle on the table, exposing the red, angry skin.

💭 peek at the thought

way's too close, but my hands are shaking too much to hold the tweezers. Let him.

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🔧 Kevin14:41

Kevin — dab antiseptic on the gauze — gentle, methodical — and start cleaning around the raw edges, working outward from the center.

💭 peek at the thought

Infection's tracking up from the brace edges. Hot to the touch probably. Need to clean it proper and let it breathe before rewrapping.

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🌿 Jenny14:42

(Sharp intake)

Bite lip to keep from flinching as the antiseptic hits the raw skin.

💭 peek at the thought

way's actually being careful for once. If I can get through this, I can still get those seeds in.

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🔧 Kevin14:42

Nearly done.

Finish cleaning the irritated skin, then lay fresh gauze pads over the worst spots before rewrapping with the elastic bandage — firm but not tight, checking the toes for color as I go.

💭 peek at the thought

She's tough. Won't make a sound if she can help it. But that breath told me plenty.

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🌿 Jenny14:44

Thanks.

Watch his hands work the wrap, feeling the slight pressure of the new bandage.

💭 peek at the thought

It looks better than an hour ago, but the heat is still there. I need to watch for streaks.

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🔧 Kevin14:44

Stay off it tomorrow. Proper off it.

Tuck the bandage end secure, sit back, and wipe my hands on a rag.

💭 peek at the thought

Good. Color's coming back to the toes. Wrap's holding. She'll need to keep weight off it more than she will.

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