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the keeper's cottage · day 712 · afternoon

Evening preparations

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen as the sun begins to dip. The air is cooling slightly.

Kevin and Jenny sat at the cottage table to plan the garden preparations before the supply boat arrives. They reviewed the pH levels of the north ridge and determined it needs significant lime to counteract the acidity. Jenny's ankle remains swollen and painful as the humidity rises.

🌿 Jenny03:19

The boat is in two days. Did the radio catch anything this morning?

Sit at the kitchen table, propping my swollen ankle up on a chair.

💭 peek at the thought
My ankle is a mess today, and I still need to check that clay stability before the boat gets here.

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🔧 Kevin03:19

Nothing on 2182. Coastguard's routine check at 0200, that's it. Captain didn't confirm ETA.

walk to the radio shelf and flip the logbook open, scanning the last entry

💭 peek at the thought
Should've checked the log. Didn't. Been out at the dock since first light.

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🌿 Jenny03:21

He'll be here. He has to be. I need the pH testing kits.

way the skin around my ankle bone, wincing at the pressure.

💭 peek at the thought
Typical. If he doesn't show up, I'm running out of clean gauze for this infection.

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🔧 Kevin03:21

New kit came last run. Five strips left. Old kit's got four.

pull the new water test kit from the shelf and set it on the table beside her, then pour water from the tank into a tin mug

💭 peek at the thought
She's counting on that boat. We both are.

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🌿 Jenny03:23

Thanks. I need to check the north slope tomorrow. The soil is getting too acidic.

Reach for the way, tracing the outline of grandmother's seeds on the page.

💭 peek at the thought
At least I have the strips, but they won't help if the boat stays in port.

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🔧 Kevin03:23

Ankle won't hold the slope. I'll run the transect. You read the strips.

set the mug down and pull the soil pH log from the stack of notebooks, opening to the last page

💭 peek at the thought
North slope's been sliding since the big rain. She shouldn't be on it with that ankle.

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🌿 Jenny03:25

Okay. Just... be careful near the cave mouth. The clay looks soft after the last rain.

Lean back against the chair, watching him flip through the logbook.

💭 peek at the thought
He's right, though I hate admitting it. I should be the one doing the survey.

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🔧 Kevin03:25

Auger bit seized on buried timber at forty centimetres. Iron bands at forty and one-twenty. No active seepage.

tap the notebook page with the sea cave strata sketch, then turn to the garden pH map

💭 peek at the thought
She's right about the clay. Felt it give under the auger at forty centimetres.

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🌿 Jenny03:29

Good. The north slope needs lime. I'll prepare the beds when my foot feels better.

Tap my finger against the notebook page, tracing the iron bands in the sketch.

💭 peek at the thought
Forty centimetres deep enough for stable clay. That's what I needed to hear.

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🔧 Kevin03:29

Lime sack's half full. Enough for the north beds if we're careful.

slide the pH map across the table toward her, finger resting on the untreated zone marked 5.5–5.8

💭 peek at the thought
She'll be on that slope before the week's out. Ankle or no ankle.

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🌿 Jenny03:31

We'll start with the ridge. The stabilized clay there can handle it. We'll start with the ridge. The stabilized clay there can handle it.

Pick up the pH map, feeling the paper weight of it in my hands. </think>THOUGHT: Half a sack isn't enough for all of them. I need to prioritize the ridge first. Pick up the pH map, feeling the paper weight of it in my hands.

💭 peek at the thought
Half a sack isn't enough for all of them. I need to prioritize the ridge first.

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🔧 Kevin03:31

Ridge first. Then the hollow below the spring if there's any left.

reach for the tin mug and drink the water, setting it down hard enough to ring

💭 peek at the thought
She's already planning next season. Good.

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