the keeper's cottage · day 424 · morning

Morning at the Cottage

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen as the light lightens. The tide is at its lowest point.

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

🔧 Kevin07:36

Morning. Kettle?

walk to the wood stove, open the damper, and lay a small kindling fire

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving. Good. The ankle's holding. Kitchen smells of cold ash and damp stone — no fire lit yet. Radio's silent on the shelf. Need to get the kettle on, check the barometer proper, then walk the dock before the tide turns.

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🌿 Jenny07:36

Please. Strong.

Limp toward the table and set the doxycycline and gauze out on the scrubbed wood.

💭 peek at the thought

I can feel the hunger shaking my hands. I need to get the antibiotics in me before the dizziness starts.

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🔧 Kevin07:38

Kevin — fill the kettle from the tank tap and set it on the stove, then pull out two tin mugs

💭 peek at the thought

Strong coffee. Right. She's setting out meds — her dose, my dose. No poultice stuff for me yet. She'll get to it. Fire's catching. Water'll boil soon enough.

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🌿 Jenny07:38

I need to dress the ankle before I head to the pools.

Reach for the antibiotic blister pack and pop out a pill.

💭 peek at the thought

He's moving so efficiently, like he isn't watching me fall apart. I can't let him see how weak I feel right now.

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🔧 Kevin07:40

Take your time. Tide's not coming back for an hour.

light the kindling with a match, watch it catch, then add two split logs

💭 peek at the thought

She's taking her doxy first, then the ankle. Smart. Tide's still out — gives her time at the pools before it turns. I'll brew the coffee, let her work, then get my own pill down.

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🌿 Jenny07:41

I'll be out in a minute.

Sit on the kitchen chair and start peeling back the old gauze to inspect the redness.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with my heart. If this doesn't clear up, I'll never get those seeds in the ground.

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🔧 Kevin07:42

Kevin — tear open the blister pack, pop a doxycycline, and swallow it dry

💭 peek at the thought

Fire's going. Kettle'll sing in a few. She's got the ankle in hand — literally. I'll let her work, make the coffee strong, swallow my own pill. Then dock at low tide. Radio call at 0600. Day's mapped.

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🌿 Jenny07:43

Thanks.

Swallow the pill and carefully peel the remaining gauze away from the skin.

💭 peek at the thought

He just took his. We're both fighting the same clock. I wonder if his is tracking as fast as mine.

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