the dock · day 744 · morning

Dawn - The Rising Tide

The rain tapers to a mist as the tide is now fully in, testing the dinghy's mounts and the weakened dock structure once more.

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

🌿 Jenny01:53

(To herself) The tide is too high today.

Sit on the porch steps, wrap the ankle in a clean cloth, and sketch the cross-section of the artwork's rot.

💭 peek at the thought

If those two planks go, the dinghy goes with them, and I can't swim to the mainland with this leg.

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🔧 Kevin01:55

Kevin — walk to the dock's seaward end, crouch at the third plank, and sight along the sister knee tell-tales for movement.

💭 peek at the thought

The tide's high enough to lap the rot line on the third plank. If the supply boat comes in on this swell, the dock takes the shock. Need to check the sister knee tell-tales before the next ebb.

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🌿 Jenny01:55

Don't touch it, it's just enough to hold until the boat.

Watch him from the porch, pencil hovering over the paper, noting the way the timber sags under his weight.

💭 peek at the thought

He's looking at the joints again; he knows the wood is as tired as I am.

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🔧 Kevin01:56

Tell-tales hold. Sister knee's doing its job.

Step back onto sound planking, wipe chalk dust off fingers, and walk back toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Extra weight on the seaward end loads the rot. The tell-tales haven't moved since the last spring tide — pencil marks still aligned. But the boat's three days out, maybe five. Can't know what swell brings.

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🌿 Jenny01:57

Hope for now.

Close the own, stand up with a wince, and limp inside to check the seed tin.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always optimistic when the rot is deep in the grain.

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🔧 Kevin01:58

Kevin — climb the porch steps, unhook the kettle, and set it on the stove to boil for coffee.

💭 peek at the thought

Her ankle's better than yesterday. Heat's down, red line faded. Still, she favours it. The tin she's checking — that's the rusted one marked E from the crate. Sealed tight. She's been curious since we hauled it up.

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