the keeper's cottage · day 806 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin and Jenny confirmed the medevac pickup with Mendez for three days at high tide. Jenny checked the water tank and found it holding at 391 litres with the overflow patch intact. They secured the notebook and medevac forms in the dry bag, then stepped onto the porch as the sky thickened.

🌿 Jenny08:25

Jenny — sit on the porch steps, rubbing the wrapped ankle, and watch the clouds thicken over the north ridge.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the tide, and I need to check the water level before the rain really hits. I'm too hungry to think.

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🔧 Kevin08:25

Medevac's confirmed. Mendez said three days at high tide, two-hour window. He'll raise us on 2182 when he's crossing the bar.

walk to the porch rail and lean one forearm on it, looking out at the same thick sky

💭 peek at the thought

She's quiet. The kind that settles in your ribs. Barometer's still falling and she's watching the ridge like it might answer something the radio won't.

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🌿 Jenny08:27

I should check the tank one last time.

Stand up slowly with a wince and walk toward the back of the cottage to the rain tank.

💭 peek at the thought

Three days. That's not enough time to finish the survey, let alone get the garden right.

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🔧 Kevin08:27

Kevin — push off the rail and follow her around the corner, keeping a step behind in case the ground shifts under her

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving careful. Ankle's not right yet, antibiotics or no. Tank's full — 391 litres — but she needs to verify it herself. That's how she is.

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🌿 Jenny08:29

It's full.

Press a hand against the side of the 400-litre tank, listening for the sound of a leak or the hollow echo of empty space.

💭 peek at the thought

The water is high, but the sky is heavy. If it pours before he arrives, we're stuck in the mud.

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🔧 Kevin08:29

391 litres. Overflow patch held the last rain.

stand with arms loose at my sides, watching her face instead of the tank

💭 peek at the thought

She trusts her hands more than numbers. Tank's solid — epoxy held on the overflow repair. She knows that. Still checks.

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🌿 Jenny08:31

Good.

Turn away from the tank and walk back toward the kitchen table where the sea beet morphology sketches are drying, then pause to open the door and step outside.

💭 peek at the thought

Good. The overflow is still holding. I can't afford another leak now.

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🔧 Kevin08:33

Sketches are dry. Notebook's in the dry bag with the forms.

step through the door after her onto the porch, pull it shut behind me

💭 peek at the thought

She's circling. Checking things she already knows are done. The sketches, the tank, the door — she's looking for something to hold onto before we go.

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