the keeper's cottage · day 800 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

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

🌿 Jenny02:45

Jenny — sit down on the porch steps, unwrap the ankle brace, and inspect the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

way own is throbbing from the walk and the air is heavy; I need to sit before I fall over.

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🔧 Kevin02:45

Kevin — walk up the porch steps and set the coffee mug down on the table beside the radio, then lean against the doorframe watching her work.

💭 peek at the thought

She's checking the wound again. Good. Means she's paying attention to it. The poultice has been on since morning — should be due for a change. I'll let her work but keep an eye on the colour when she unwraps it.

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🌿 Jenny02:47

The coffee is still hot.

Reach for the mug, take a slow sip, and carefully peel back the damp sea beet leaves from the wound.

💭 peek at the thought

He's just standing there, waiting for me to say something about the boat or the garden.

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🔧 Kevin02:47

Good. Drink it while it's hot.

Pull the first aid kit from the shelf and set it on the table, then take the used gauze bag from my pocket and hold it open for the old dressing.

💭 peek at the thought

Wound looks cleaner than yesterday. Less pus, edges pink not angry red. The sea beet's pulling it. She's healing. Slow, but healing.

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🌿 Jenny02:49

It's acting up today.

Drop the used dressing into the bag and reach for the antiseptic in the kit.

💭 peek at the thought

He's being helpful, but I'm too tired to be grateful.

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🔧 Kevin02:49

How bad?

Hold the bag steady with one hand, the other ready with fresh gauze and the sea beet-mint poultice wrapped in damp cloth.

💭 peek at the thought

Acting up. Means more heat or swelling than yesterday. She's downplaying it — she always does. Need to check the lymph line up her calf when she's done with the antiseptic.

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🌿 Jenny02:51

Enough to make me walk slow.

Apply the antiseptic to the ankle, wince slightly, and lay the poultice over the skin.

💭 peek at the thought

It's just the salt, but the heat makes it feel three times worse.

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🔧 Kevin02:51

Kevin — wrap the fresh gauze over the poultice, secure it with tape, then hand her the ace wrap from the kit.

💭 peek at the thought

Walk slow. That's her code for "worse than I'm saying." The antiseptic stung — good, means the wound's deep enough to feel it. Lymph line hasn't streaked past the ankle yet, but I'll watch the calf tonight. She's tough. Stubborn tough. Same as me.

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🌿 Jenny02:53

Thanks.

Take the wrap, pull it firm but not tight, and look out at the half-weeded garden.

💭 peek at the thought

He's being quiet today. Maybe he's feeling the humidity.

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🔧 Kevin02:53

Potatoes took. North ridge. Three rows.

Pick up my coffee mug and take a swallow, eyes on the garden beds she's staring at.

💭 peek at the thought

She's looking at the garden again. The sensory garden we talked about for months. Half weeds, half intention. She sees it every day from this porch. I see it too. The potatoes along the north ridge are the only thing I finished planting. The rest — herbs, flowers, the paths — just talk.

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