the keeper's cottage · day 783 · night

Evening hunker down

Kevin and Jenny meet inside the cottage as the clouds blacken and the barometer drops further.

Kevin confirmed the supply boat's arrival for the day after tomorrow at 0600 on the high tide with a two-hour window, then checked fuel reserves — generator half tank, Yanmar six hours hard run, one reserve can for the dinghy. Jenny applied a fresh sea beet poultice to her swollen ankle and inspected the Yanmar housing bolts, finding the two stripped threads still holding but the vibration concern unresolved.

🔧 Kevin04:34

Radio check came through clean. Boat's holding on the high tide window — 0600 day after tomorrow. Two hour wait.

walk to the kitchen shelf and check the shortwave battery indicator

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's dropping faster than the forecast said. She's favoring the ankle bad but won't say it. Need to get the mooring ring wedged proper before the surge hits high tide.

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🌿 Jenny04:37

Check the fuel levels again. The pressure is dropping faster than the forecast.

Sit on the kitchen chair, prop the way ankle on a stool, and sketch the morphology of a sea beet leaf in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

Two days. If the wind picks up, they won't even be able to get close to the dock.

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🔧 Kevin04:39

Generator half. Yanmar six hours hard run. One reserve can for the dinghy. That's the lot.

pull the generator dipstick and wipe it on a rag, then check the Yanmar sight glass

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Barometer's 985 and still falling. Forecast said steady. Forecast was wrong. Generator's half tank. Yanmar's got maybe six hours at load. Dinghy reserve can is full but that's it.

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🌿 Jenny04:39

We'll have to be conservative with the generator until the boat arrives.

Reach for the first aid kit to apply a fresh poultice to the throbbing ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

That's not enough if the engine coughs or the storm keeps us in.

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🔧 Kevin04:40

Radio takes priority. Weather window's the only way we know if the boat's actually coming.

walk to the porch and scan the western horizon, hand shading eyes against the rain

💭 peek at the thought

Conservative means cold food, no radio charging after dark, hand-pump water if the tank level drops. She's wincing changing that poultice. Infection's tracking up the calf — red line past the marker pen line from this morning.

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🌿 Jenny04:41

Check the Yanmar housing bolts again. If the vibration's getting worse, we can't risk running it hard.

Limp toward the workshop and pull the engine cover, checking the two stripped housing bolts with the tap set.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's already dropped too fast for comfort.

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