the keeper's cottage · day 431 · morning

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

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

🌿 Jenny14:29

Dammit, stay dry for one day.

Sit on the kitchen chair, unwrap the ankle bandage, and inspect for red streaks or heat.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the own dropping, and I need to check the dressing before it gets too angry to manage.

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🔧 Kevin14:29

Let me rewrap it clean. You've been keeping it up.

Take the clean gauze and antibiotic cream from the first aid kit, gently rewrap Jenny's ankle with a snug but not tight spiral, securing the end with medical tape.

💭 peek at the thought

The bandage is damp from sweat and maybe a little seepage. No red streaks radiating up her calf, and the skin isn't hot to the touch—just tender. The abscess drained last night seems to be holding. I should change the dressing before it macerates further, but she's already got the gauze out.

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🌿 Jenny14:31

It's tight enough. Good.

Lean back against the counter and watch him work, feeling the hollow growl in my stomach.

💭 peek at the thought

His hands are steady, but I can feel the heat radiating off the skin even under the gauze.

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🔧 Kevin14:31

Limpets and corned beef fat. Ten minutes.

Set the kettle off the boil, dump the limpets into the cast iron skillet with a spoonful of rendered corned beef fat, and fry them hard until the edges curl crisp. Slide two tin mugs onto the table with a fork each.

💭 peek at the thought

She's hungry too. The limpets are still in the bucket by the stove, and there's half a tin of corned beef if we want it. Better to eat now before the tide turns and I need to check the north piling again.

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🌿 Jenny14:33

I could eat the whole island today.

Pull out the chair, sit with a wince, and wait for the smell to fill the kitchen.

💭 peek at the thought

Salt and fat—the only thing that keeps the shaking away when the body feels like lead.

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🔧 Kevin14:33

Save some for the rat.

Shovel limpets into my mouth straight from the skillet, grease running down my fingers, chase it with a swallow of tea from the kettle, wipe my hands on my trousers.

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring it less than yesterday. The metronidazole's doing its work. I'll eat fast and get to the piling before the tide drops far enough to see the scour void properly.

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🌿 Jenny14:35

Let the rat have the scraps.

way a fork, pierce the rubbery meat, and watch the clouds thicken over the ridge.

💭 peek at the thought

The salt hits the tongue and the world stops blurring at the edges for a second.

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🔧 Kevin14:35

Back by 0730. Radio at 0800.

Grab the crowbar and the greenheart shim off the porch, pull the door shut behind me, and walk down the path to the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

The cloud bank's lowering. Wind'll back west by afternoon if the barometer keeps falling. North piling first, then the radio call at 0800. She knows the routine.

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