the keeper's cottage · day 414 · night

The Rising Tide

The rain continues to lash the island. The tide is high over the shingle, and the dinghy groans at its moorings.

The tide is high, lapping against the lower pilings of the dock. The rain has slowed to a heavy drizzle, but the air remains thick with humidity at 26°C. Kevin returns from the tank, his clothes soaked, having confirmed that the water level is full and the overflow is currently saturating the garden beds.

🌿 Jenny23:27

The barometer is dropping again. We need to check the tank.

Trace a new line around the edge of the redness on my ankle with a ballpoint pen.

💭 peek at the thought

The red lines are an inch closer to the knee than this morning. If the boat doesn't come, I'll never get those seeds in the ground.

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🔧 Kevin23:28

Checked it at first light. Four hundred litres. But I'll look again.

walk to the rain tank at the back wall and check the water level indicator

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer dropping after all that rise. Storm's not done with us. She's marking the line steady — good. Means she's still tracking it herself. Tank's full at 400L but she's right to verify.

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🌿 Jenny23:29

It's been raining for hours, Kevin. It's probably spilling over the lip.

Lean back against the whitewashed wall and watch him, rubbing the swollen skin above the pen mark.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so certain of everything he did hours ago. The rain is coming down in sheets; the tank could be overflowing already.

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🔧 Kevin23:31

Overflow pipe runs to the garden. If it's spilling, the beds are getting it.

check the tank's sight gauge and the overflow pipe outlet at the garden

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. Overflow's a real risk with this much rain. Better to catch it than waste it. And she's watching me check — wants to see the number herself.

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