the dock · day 874 · morning

Supply Boat Departure

The supply boat begins to pull away, leaving a wake in the still water. Kevin and Jenny begin moving the crates toward the cottage.

Kevin returns to the dock to retrieve the final crates, but the rotting wood of the planks groans and shifts under the weight. Jenny waits on the porch, carefully peeling back the gauze from her ankle to check if the sea beet poultice has calmed the swelling in the dry-season heat.

🔧 Kevin08:20

Take the light ones. I'll hump the diesel and the feed sack.

lift the 20-litre diesel drum and the sack of chicken feed, turn toward the cottage path

💭 peek at the thought

Watch her favour the left side. Three crates in and she's already shifting weight. Should've told the crew to stack heavier gear landward.

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🌿 Jenny08:20

I've got them.

Limp slowly toward the smaller crates, gingerly lifting a light box of supplies.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks he's being helpful, but he's just rushing. My ankle can't take a sudden shift in weight.

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🔧 Kevin08:22

(silent, just a grunt as I shift the diesel drum to my shoulder)

carry the diesel drum and feed sack up the path to the cottage, set them down on the porch, turn back for the next load

💭 peek at the thought

Stubborn. Always. But the ankle's holding weight better than yesterday. That's something.

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🌿 Jenny08:23

Easy with the steps, Kevin. The wood is soft right there.

Lift a small crate of dry goods, shifting weight to my good leg to keep the throbbing in my ankle under check.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always in such a hurry to finish, like the island isn't going way else.

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🔧 Kevin08:24

Noted. You want the coffee on before or after we stow the tins?

pick up the crate of tinned provisions, step carefully on the third tread, carry it inside to the kitchen shelves

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the porch steps closer than I am. Right. The third tread's been spongy since the big blow.

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🌿 Jenny08:24

After. Let's just get the food in first.

Carefully carry the remaining light crate toward the porch, keeping my movements slow and deliberate.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't even think about coffee until I get this bandage off and see if the infection has tracked.

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🔧 Kevin08:26

(nods) Back in ten.

walk back down the path to the dock for the remaining crates

💭 peek at the thought

Right. Food first. Coffee's a reward, not a right.

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🌿 Jenny08:27

Jenny — set the crate down on the porch and slowly sit on the bench, gingerly peeling back the gauze from my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

Ten minutes of silence. Just enough time to check the margin.

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