the keeper's cottage · day 807 · morning

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin inspected the dinghy's bow line and found significant chafe on the warp at the chock, then began re-leading it with the heavy weather line. Jenny checked the rain tank level and confirmed it was nearly full at 397 litres.

🌿 Jenny09:15

The wind's starting to shift.

Sit on the kitchen chair, peel back the bandage, and lay out the first aid kit on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the tide; I need to check that swelling before it gets any worse.

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🔧 Kevin09:15

From where?

Walk to the porch door and step outside, scanning the horizon and tree line for wind direction, then glance back at the barometer on the kitchen shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

Wind shifting means the swell direction's changing. Dock loads will be different now. She's checking the ankle — good, means she's mobile enough to move if the slope decides to go tonight.

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🌿 Jenny09:17

North ridge. The Carex transect was complete before the swell hit.

Re-wrap the ankle with fresh gauze, then follow him outside to the porch.

💭 peek at the thought

He's holding his breath, waiting for me to decide what kind of answer I'm willing to give.

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🔧 Kevin09:17

Barometer's 999 and rising. If it holds, we've got a window before the next low.

Lean on the porch rail, eyes on the water, watching the first long lines of swell feathering on the south beach, then check the dinghy's bow line tension where it rides at the mooring.

💭 peek at the thought

North ridge wind means the fetch is building across open water. Swell'll wrap round the south beach and hammer the dock broadside. She walked the transect yesterday — legs held. That's something.

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🌿 Jenny09:19

Jenny — lean against the whitewashed stone, watching the dinghy pull at the dock.

💭 peek at the thought

Seven days until the boat, but the island feels like it's getting smaller with every grey morning. continuedSAY: Then we should check the epoxy on the heavily can. We can't afford another leak.

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🔧 Kevin09:19

Bow line's chafing on the chock. Need to re-lead it before the swell builds.

Walk down the porch steps and across the garden path to the dock, pulling the heavy weather line coil from my belt as I go, moving toward the dinghy's bow where the warp leads to the mooring ring.

💭 peek at the thought

Dinghy's dancing harder than yesterday. Bow line's singing. That bronze shackle housing I didn't replace — if the pin walks out, we lose the boat. Mendez is three days out. Can't lose the dinghy.

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🌿 Jenny09:21

I'll check the tank level while you're at the boat.

Walk back inside the kitchen, grab the flashlight, and head for the rain tank at the back wall.

💭 peek at the thought

If that line snaps, we're stuck here with nothing but weeds and a rising tide.

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🔧 Kevin09:21

Flashlight's on the hook by the door if the beam dies.

Step onto the dock planks, testing the starboard stringer underfoot as I reach the dinghy's bow, then kneel to inspect the warp where it runs through the chock — frayed strands showing white against the salt-dark rope.

💭 peek at the thought

Tank check's smart — overflow patch held last storm but the foundation leak's still weeping. She's thinking ahead. Good.

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