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the keeper's cottage · day 470 · night

NIGHT

The wind picks up, and the first heavy drops of rain strike the leaky shutter. The tide continues to turn as the pressure falls.

The air is heavy and still, the overcast sky pressing down over the island as the barometer continues its slow descent to 987 hPa, signaling an inevitable shift in weather. At the cottage, the Yanmar engine sits cool in the dinghy, its recent repairs holding while the low tide retreats to expose the slick rocks of the tide pools.

🔧 Kevin05:51

Storm's breaking. Come inside, now.

grab the spare tarp and batten down the porch door frame, then secure the generator storm lashings tighter

💭 peek at the thought
Storm's here. Barometer dropping, wind northeast, tide coming in hard. Shutter's already leaking. Need to batten down the cottage proper — secure the porch door, check the generator lashings, make sure the radio gear's dry. And get Jenny inside if she's still on the porch.

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🌿 Jenny05:53

I'm coming. Just let me<strong> this wrap.

Jenny limps from the porch to the kitchen table, clutching the bowl of sea beet leaves and her notebook.

💭 peek at the thought
The barometer is dropping too fast; I need to get the sea much off the table before they get soaked.

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🔧 Kevin05:53

Leave the bowl. I'll get it.

take the bowl of sea beet leaves from her and set it on the counter, then pull the porch door shut and drop the crossbar

💭 peek at the thought
She's moving slow. Ankle's bad. Good she's coming in on her own but I should've met her halfway. Get the door shut behind her, then the shutters. Radio aerial's still a worry — insulator's shattered, coax might not hold in this wind.

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🌿 Jenny05:55

Be careful with the leaves, they're still damp.

Jenny sits in the kitchen chair, propping her ankle on a stool and watching the way the sink.

💭 peek at the thought
He's always so helpful when the sky turns that, it makes me feel even more useless.

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

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