the dock · day 492 · morning

The Rising Tide

The water reaches the high mark, and the dinghy bobs heavily against the reinforced shims.

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

🌿 Jenny02:57

Hold the line, Kevin. The surge is pulling harder than yesterday.

Jenny shifts weight to her good leg, gritting teeth as a sharp pain shoots through her infected ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

The tide is too high; if those shims slip, the whole rig goes into the own.

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🔧 Kevin02:59

Got it. Ease off slow — let the warp take it.

step to the bow line, take the strain onto my shoulders, and hold the dinghy steady against the piling so she can shift weight off the bad leg

💭 peek at the thought

The shims are holding but the surge is testing them. Her ankle can't take this strain much longer.

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🌿 Jenny02:59

It's okay. The north piling is groaning under it.

Jenny slowly lets go of the rope, breathing through her nose as she watches the water lap against the rotten timber.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying so hard to fix the wood that's already gone inside.

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🔧 Kevin03:01

Pilings tired. We sister at slack. For now, just breathe — I've got the line.

keep tension on the bow warp with both hands, feet braced on the dock, watching the north piling for any give or splash under the surge

💭 peek at the thought

The piling's taking the load now — we're riding it out. But that groan means it's compromised. We'll need to sister it at slack tide, no question.

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🌿 Jenny03:01

Don't strain yourself.

Jenny leans against the rough wood of the cottage wall, watching the water swirl around the shims.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks he's holding the boat, but he's just holding the tension.

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🔧 Kevin03:02

I'm good. Keep watching the shims — if they shift, call it.

scan the mortise where the shims meet the ring, feel the line in my grip, and adjust my stance to share the load with my legs, not my back

💭 peek at the thought

She's worried about me, but I'm fine — it's the piling that's failing. Need to act before the next surge.

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🌿 Jenny03:03

The water is too high for the wood.

Jenny traces the rot patterns on the piling with her eyes, her pulse throbbing in her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If those shims go, the dinghy's lost to the tide.

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🔧 Kevin03:04

Aye. Next low tide I'll drive the greenheart sister. You stay off it.

hold the warp steady, eyes on the piling base where water meets rot, feeling for any sudden give in the timber

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — the water's above the sound wood. The rot band is fully submerged and taking the full thrust of the dinghy. If the piling shears, we lose the dock head.

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