the keeper's cottage · day 719 · dawn

Morning rounds on the porch

Kevin and Jenny sit on the cottage porch steps under a flat, thickening sky, the generator humming steady from the shed and the Yanmar idling at the dock. A basin of warm saline and fresh sea beet leaves rests between them for Jenny's ankle, the dressing due for its morning change. Kevin has the tweezers and clean gauze ready, while Jenny holds her field notebook open to a blank page, ready to record the north ridge pH readings once the ankle is tended.

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🌿 Jenny18:29

Should I remove the old dressing first, or do you want to check for any changes?

Take the tweezers and gently lift the corner of the gauze to inspect the wound.

💭 peek at the thought

The poultice feels like it's working - the red streaking has stopped climbing up my ankle. I need to get those pH readings documented before I lose another day to the silence.

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🔧 Kevin18:30

Go ahead. Take a look.

hand her the tweezers and sit back on the step, basin steaming between us

💭 peek at the thought

The skin around the wound looks cleaner than yesterday — less angry red, no fresh pus. The sea beet poultice is doing its job. I should let her see for herself, then we'll soak and re-dress.

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🌿 Jenny18:33

I'm looking. Stay still.

Carefully peel back the damp gauze to reveal the infection site, checking for new heat or discharge.

💭 peek at the thought

It's still angry, but the swelling is holding back. If I can just find one stable patch on the south slope, I can finally start with grandmother's seeds.

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🔧 Kevin18:33

Clean margins. No tracking.

lean forward slightly to see for myself, then reach for the saline bottle and clean gauze

💭 peek at the thought

She's thorough. Good. The wound bed is pink, granulating — healthy. No spreading cellulitis. The red line I marked yesterday hasn't advanced. She's seen it too.

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🌿 Jenny18:35

Good. Apply the saline with clean cloth first, then the fresh sea beet leaves." "Thank you. Now if you'll excuse me—I need to get to the north ridge before the afternoon shifts the readings again." "I'll be back before lunch. The north ridge needs two readings—one on the lime bed, one on the untreated slope.

Replace the dressing with the new poultice, securing it with fresh gauze and medical tape. </think> Gather the new pH test kit from the generator shed, notebook, and a small trowel. </think> Head toward the garden path with the pH kit, note

💭 peek at the thought

No tracking. That's what Kevin says. But the redness has crept higher overnight. I need to document this progression in my notebook. The infection hasn't spread, but I can feel the tendon pulling when I try to wiggle my toes. I need to test that soil before the afternoon light fades. The poultice is holding. No streaking. But the ankle throbs deep in the bone, and I'm already calculating how many hours I have before the supply boat arrives with fresh supplies.

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