the keeper's cottage · day 849 · evening

sheltering the storm

You and Jenny are inside the cottage as the wind lashes against the roof. The smell of boiling limpets fills the small space.

Kevin and Jenny stayed inside the cottage as a heavy rain front moved from the west. They attempted to check the radio for weather updates, but the storm interference resulted in nothing but static. They shared a meal of limpets while watching the rain lash against the windows.

🔧 Kevin00:40

Limpets are done. Tin mugs on the shelf.

lift the pot off the stove and pour broth into two tin mugs

💭 peek at the thought

The storm's timing is decent — we're inside, fed, and the dock held. Let the wind do its worst.

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🌿 Jenny00:41

Thanks, Kevin. I'll be right there.

Take a warm mug and sit at the kitchen table, watching the steam rise in the dim light.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm starving enough to eat my sketches, but the sound of that rain is making my teeth ache.

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🔧 Kevin00:42

Kevin — sit opposite her with my mug, blow across the steam, and wait

💭 peek at the thought

She's quiet. The ankle's still troubling her more than she admits. I'll let the silence sit.

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🌿 Jenny00:42

Smells better than the corned beef did.

Take a slow, careful sip of the broth, feeling the heat spread through her chest.

💭 peek at the thought

He's waiting for me to say something. I can't even think about the ridge right now, I just need the salt and the warmth.

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🔧 Kevin00:44

Corned beef's for when the limpets run out.

sip my broth, watching the rain streak the window

💭 peek at the thought

Good. She's eating. The broth'll put salt and warmth back in her.

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🌿 Jenny00:44

It's coming in hard. Barometer was dropping fast before we came in.

Set the mug down and glance toward the window, tracing the path of the rain with her eyes.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the supplies. The stock, the tins, the inventory. He doesn't hear the way the wind is trying to peel the roof back.

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🔧 Kevin00:46

978 when we tied off the dinghy. Wind'll back northwest by midnight if it follows the chart.

set my mug down, reach for the radio on the shelf, flick the power — static hiss fills the cottage

💭 peek at the thought

She watched it drop same as me. 978 and falling when we came off the dock. Could drop another twenty before morning.

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🌿 Jenny00:47

The radio'll just give us static tonight anyway.

Lean back in the chair, watching the static compete with the wind against the stone.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always looking at the charts, like the paper can stop the sky from falling.

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🔧 Kevin00:48

Weather fax comes through on 8473 at 0200 if the ionosphere holds. Worth a listen.

turn the dial slow, hunting through the hash for a carrier tone

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. But the habit's kept me sane fifteen years at sea. Might keep me sane here too.

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🌿 Jenny00:49

I'll stay up to check it.

Pick up my pencil and start own the edge of a sea beet leaf in the margin.

💭 peek at the thought

If the ionosphere holds, maybe we'll know how much more of this is coming.

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