the keeper's cottage · day 753 · morning

The Storm Breaks

The first heavy drops of rain hit the dust on the path as the wind picks up through the trees.

The air grows heavy and humid as the sky thickens to a bruised grey. Kevin struggles to stack the spruce rounds as the path slicens with the first drops of rain, while Jenny limps toward the garden to check the soil pH one last time before the storm breaks.

🔧 Kevin13:35

Kevin — walk to the garden path and start carrying spruce rounds to the covered area near the shed

💭 peek at the thought

Storm's here. Spruce rounds still exposed. Need to move them under cover before the ground turns to soup.

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🌿 Jenny13:39

Watch your step, Kevin, the path is already getting slick.

Limp to the kitchen table to grab the heirloom seed tin and the trowel.

💭 peek at the thought

The sky is closing faster than I thought. If I don't get those seeds in now, the runoff will be a mess by tomorrow.

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🔧 Kevin13:39

Tin's heavy. I'll take it.

pick up the heirloom seed tin from the table and carry it to the dry corner by the stove

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring the left leg hard. Ankle's not right. But she's moving the seed tin herself instead of asking.

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🌿 Jenny13:41

just keep them away from the draft.

sit on the porch stairs and unwrap the bandage to debride the ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

fine. keep them dry. I don't need the moisture getting into the last of grandmother's stock.

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🔧 Kevin13:41

Got it. I'll keep them dry.

set the heirloom seed tin on the porch landing, then put the bandage over the ankle and apply a fresh dressing with the gauze and antiseptic.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s masking the pain, not telling me the depth. The draft’s a threat to the seedlings, not her ankle.

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🌿 Jenny13:43

Thanks.

Clean the grit from the wound with the antiseptic and prepare a fresh sea beet poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

He's being so helpful with the tin, but he hasn't even looked at how bad the swelling is. It's like I'm made of stone.

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🔧 Kevin13:43

Kevin — walk to the medical kit on the shelf and count the remaining doxycycline and metronidazole blisters

💭 peek at the thought

She's doing it one-handed, jaw tight. The red streaks I saw yesterday — she hasn't said if they've spread or faded. I should check the antibiotic count.

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🌿 Jenny13:45

Don't use the antibiotics yet.

Apply the sea beet poultice to the ankle and wrap it in the clean cloth.

💭 peek at the thought

Four doses left. If this infection doesn't break, I'm in trouble before the boat comes.

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🔧 Kevin13:45

Your call.

return to the spruce rounds on the path and start stacking them under the tarp by the shed

💭 peek at the thought

She's saving them. Or she doesn't think it's bad enough yet. Either way, she's the one feeling it.

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🌿 Jenny13:47

I need to check the soil one last time.

Stand up with a wince and grab the heirloom seed tin from the landing.

💭 peek at the thought

The air is turning too cold. If I don't find that stable slope today, these seeds will just rot in the tin.

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