the keeper's cottage · day 430 · morning

Midmorning check

Kevin returns to the cottage as the rain lulls off slightly. The water tank is now at its brim.

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

🔧 Kevin13:31

Tank's brimmed. Four hundred litres.

Walk into the kitchen, set the kettle on the stove, and pull two tin mugs from the shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

Tank's full. Good. One less thing. Now the dock holds, the radio's live, and the supply boat's due in four days. If the weather holds.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny13:33

Good. The way is still dropping, though.

lift my ankle onto the kitchen table to check for new swelling.

💭 peek at the thought

At least the water is full. I'm still starving and my leg is on fire.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin13:34

Pressure's steady at 981. But the air feels heavy.

Light the stove, fill the kettle from the tank tap, and set it to heat. Glance at her ankle while the water comes up — comparing to this morning, checking for heat or spread.

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the barometer like I watch the piling. Both telling us the same thing — something's building.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny13:35

Jenny — peel back the edge of the bandage to inspect the skin around the infection.

💭 peek at the thought

It's heavy because the storm is coming, or because my leg is rotting. 그런SAY: It's always heavy before a shift.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin13:35

Looking clean. No heat past the wound line.

Pour hot water into the mugs, spoon coffee grounds into each. Set one on the table near her hand, keep the other. Sit opposite her, back against the wall, mug warming both palms.

💭 peek at the thought

Clean edges. No red streaks tracking up the calf. The metronidazole's doing its job. She's careful — peeling slow so the scab doesn't pull.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny13:37

It's just tight. For now.

trace the edge of the redness with a fingertip.

💭 peek at the thought

way doesn't see the throb under the skin. He only sees the surface.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin13:37

Finish the course. Five days left on the doxy. Three on the metro.

Sip the coffee, black and hot. Watch the steam rise. Let the silence settle between us — not empty, not heavy. Just there.

💭 peek at the thought

Tight means the swelling's still there, just caged. She knows the difference between contained and gone. So do I.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny13:39

I know. I'm keeping track.

reach for the notebook to sketch the pattern of the redness.

💭 peek at the thought

Five days. If I can hold for five days, I can reach the ridge.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

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