the keeper's cottage · day 891 · morning

Morning Day 891

The flat sky remains heavy with cloud cover thickening as the humidity sits at 24°C.

Kevin finishes priming the Yanmar and watches the vibration gauge as the engine settles into a steady idle. Jenny finishes the warm limpets and moves to the seed trays to inspect the pepper and lettuce cells for damping-off. The air remains heavy and still as the tide continues to recede outside.

🌿 Jenny08:11

I'm starving. I'm going to finish those limpets.

Limp toward the stove and stir the pot of limpets.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't just sit here while my stomach cramps and my ankle pulses. The air feels like a wet blanket.

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🔧 Kevin08:11

Pot's on the stove. Tin mugs by the kettle. Don't burn your fingers on the handles.

Check the Yanmar's fuel filter bowl for silt while she eats — supply boat's three days out and I need the dinghy ready for the crane lift.

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving better than yesterday. The limpets will help — protein, salt, something warm in the belly. Keep an eye on the ankle but don't hover.

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🌿 Jenny08:13

I'll be careful. I know.

way at the table and eat the warm limpets, watching the steam rise in the heavy air.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always thinking about the engine and the boat, while I'm thinking about the rot in the trays.

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🔧 Kevin08:13

(silent — just nod, pour coffee into the second tin mug, set it near her elbow)

Pull the Yanmar fuel filter housing, dump the bowl into a jar to check for water and silt. Wipe the seat clean, reinstall with the spare gasket from the crate. Prime the lift pump.

💭 peek at the thought

Good. She's eating. The metronidazole's done its work if the infection line hasn't moved. Still don't like the heat in the joint but she's not favoring it as bad.

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🌿 Jenny08:14

Thanks.

Set the mug down and limp over to the seed trays to inspect the pepper and lettuce cells for more damping-off.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be kind with the coffee, but the silence is just a wall we keep building. I can't focus on the food with the seed trays sitting there.

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🔧 Kevin08:14

Burn anything with fuzz at the soil line. Don't compost it. The spores ride the air.

Finish priming the Yanmar — crack the injector line, crank until clean fuel spits, tighten. Fire it up, let it warm at idle. Watch the vibration gauge I marked on the housing.

💭 peek at the thought

She's checking the seedlings before her own ankle. Priorities. The damping-off's been creeping — humidity's a killer. She'll catch what I missed.

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