the keeper's cottage · day 867 · night

Night in the heavy heat

The air remains still and oppressive as the sun sets, leaving them to prepare for a day of repairs.

Kevin spends the morning reinforcing the structural integrity of the dock, ensuring the rotted sections are braced against the rising tide. Jenny focuses on the garden, carefully tending the seedlings and preparing the soil to protect them from the increasing salt spray.

🌿 Jenny02:39

The humidity is too high for the epoxy to take properly tonight.

rub the swollen ankle and wince, then open the notebook to sketch the rot pattern in theization.

💭 peek at the thought

If I don't set that anchor tomorrow, the whole sill will shift into the mud.

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🔧 Kevin02:43

We'll have to wait until morning anyway. Too much moisture in the air to get a proper bond.

mix epoxy anchor compound for third sill plate sister joint, third sister plate epoxy anchor now set.

💭 peek at the thought

The humidity's holding at ninety-two percent and won't drop below eighty even with the wood stove running. Third sister plate needs that anchor cured properly or winter's going to eat through what I just saved.

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🌿 Jenny02:44

I know. I'll debride the ankle tomorrow if the weather holds out.

lean back in the chair with a sigh, watching the tin of seeds on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right, the wood is like a sponge right now nothing will stick.

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🔧 Kevin02:44

The antibiotics aren't working fast enough. We need to get the heat into it properly, not just poultices.

check the wood stove firebox, add dry spruce kindling to build sustained heat for morning epoxy work

💭 peek at the thought

She's still treating the ankle like a maintenance task. It's infected, deep, and the humidity's making every hour count against her. She won't let me touch it properly.

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🌿 Jenny02:45

way make sure the room stays warm, I'm tired of the damp.

wrap the ankle tighter with the fresh gauze and wince as the movement shifts the skin.

💭 peek at the thought

Heat won't cure an infection, but it might stop the throbbing enough.

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🔧 Kevin02:46

I'll keep the stove fed through the night. Get some sleep while the air's still.

tend the wood stove through the night, maintaining steady heat for epoxy cure and room warmth

💭 peek at the thought

She's wrapping it tighter to hide the swelling from me. The red line tracked past the ankle bone yesterday. She knows what that means. I know what that means. Neither of us says it.

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