the keeper's cottage · day 865 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin works on the generator to charge the spare radio battery while the rain drums on the roof. Jenny spends the time inside the cottage managing her swollen ankle and organizing the heirloom seeds away from the damp air.

🔧 Kevin17:15

Kevin — walk to the porch and check the barometer again, then head down to the dock to inspect the dinghy's storm anchor and warp.

💭 peek at the thought

The air's thick enough to drink. Barometer's still falling — 986 and steady's a lie, it's been dropping all afternoon. Storm's building southwest. Need to check the dinghy's storm anchor warp and the generator shed lashings before dark. And the spare radio battery's charged now. Should raise Tom on 2182 at 1600 like I said. He heard me. He's waiting.

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🌿 Jenny00:01

It's going to pour again soon, Kevin.

way on the porch steps, elevating my swollen own on a crate to ease the throbbing, and open the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is dropping again. I can feel it in my joint before the needle even moves.

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🔧 Kevin00:01

Aye. Barometer's 986 and lying still. Southwest swell building. Dinghy's storm anchor needs checking and the generator shed lashings. You stay put. I'll do it.

Walk down the path to the dock, checking the dinghy's storm anchor warp and the generator shed ratchet straps.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Can smell it in the air — that heavy salt-swet before a proper blow. Her ankle's still angry, red line tracking up the calf. Should've made her stay off it today but she won't listen. Stubborn as the old Yanmar.

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🌿 Jenny00:03

Don't forget the lashings on the fuel, the humidity is high.

sitting in the rocking chair, meticulously sketching the intricate veins of a *Carex* leaf I found yesterday, trying to ignore the pulse in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always so certain about the mechanics of it. I wonder if he notices the way the salt is eating the wood.

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