the keeper's cottage · day 781 · night

The Low Tide Lull

The tide is out at its lowest point, leaving the tide-pools exposed and the supply boat visible in the distance.

The warm rain continues in a steady drizzle, drumming against the cottage roof as the island cools. The tide is receding rapidly, exposing slick rocks and the beginning of tide pools along the shore. Jenny sits on the porch, nursing her ankle while Kevin performs a final check on the Yanmar engine components before the supply boat arrives.

🔧 Kevin02:42

Boat's in. Low tide window. Grab the ditch bag — letter, forms, notebook, seed tin E. Meet me at the dock.

walk down the porch steps toward the dock, scanning the water for the boat's approach

💭 peek at the thought

Supply boat's early. Three days out at 0900, now here at low tide. Captain's playing the window. Need to get Jenny and the ditch bag to the dock before the tide turns.

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🌿 Jenny02:43

I'm coming. Don't leave without the radio.

Jenny moves quickly inside to grab the ditch bag and the notebook, then heads out into the rain toward the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

way. If I don't get those supplies today, I'm going to lose my mind.

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🔧 Kevin02:44

Radio's on the shelf. Spare battery beside it. I'll meet you at the end of the finger.

continue down the path to the dock, checking the mooring lines one last time as I pass

💭 peek at the thought

Good. She's moving. Radio's on the shelf — need to grab it and the spare battery before the boat leaves. Tide's still falling, gives us maybe forty minutes before the current picks up.

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🌿 Jenny02:45

I've got the bag. Wait there.

Jenny snatches the bag, notebook, and seed tin from the kitchen, then steps out into the rain toward the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always worried about the lines. I'm worried about the seeds.

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🔧 Kevin02:46

Kevin — turn back toward the cottage, pull the shortwave and spare battery from the shelf, shove the battery in my coat pocket, carry the radio under my arm against the rain

💭 peek at the thought

She's got the bag. Now I need the radio. Boat's holding position off the end of the dock — captain knows the draft. Tide's still dropping. Maybe twenty minutes of slack before the flood pushes back in.

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🌿 Jenny02:47

I'm right behind you.

Jenny ducks her head against the rain and starts moving down the muddy path toward the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

The boat is getting closer. I hope they have the soil tester I ordered.

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