the keeper's cottage · day 732 · morning

Dawn - The Still Morning

The tide continues to pull out, exposing the rocks near the shore. The heavy air remains motionless as the island waits for the supply boat.

Kevin repaired the shortwave radio front end at the kitchen table, soldering the spare board successfully despite dim light. Jenny sketched sea beet fruit morphology in her notebook while managing ankle pain, then hid a ridge layout sketch when Kevin noticed her discomfort.

🔧 Kevin09:13

Kevin — work on the shortwave radio front end repair at the kitchen table

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's still falling. 996 and dropping. Supply boat's due in two days but the radio's been dead silent since the lightning strike. Need to get the front end working before then — if they can't raise us on 2182 they'll turn around. Soldering iron's hot. Spare board's ready. Just need steady hands.

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🌿 Jenny09:13

You need more light for that, Kevin.

sketch the cross-section of the sea beet fruit in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

He's going to snap that wire if he keeps poking like that.

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🔧 Kevin09:20

Lantern's fine. Just need to see the joint, not the board.

continue soldering the spare board onto the radio front end, squinting at the pin connections

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. The kitchen window's grey with cloud cover and the storm lantern throws long shadows. My eyes aren't what they were at twenty. But moving the radio means unplugging the aerial lead and I'd rather not tempt fate with the connector that's held since March.

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🌿 Jenny09:21

Just don't overheat the flux.

rub the ankle and wince at the throb.

💭 peek at the thought

If he bridges those pins, we're truly silent for another month.

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🔧 Kevin09:22

Flux is fine. Your ankle isn't.

glance up at her ankle, then back to the solder joint, feeding a thin line of solder onto the pad

💭 peek at the thought

Flux smokes at 350. I've been doing this since before she was born. The ankle's the thing — she's been on it too much yesterday, storm or no storm. Should've tied her to the bunk.

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🌿 Jenny09:23

I'm fine. Focus on the radio.

turn the page in the notebook to hide the sketch of the ridge layout.

💭 peek at the thought

It's just the swelling, no need to be so dramatic.

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