the dock · day 928 · morning

Supply Boat Prep

The tide is nearing high, and the morning heat is rising. They need to prepare for the two-hour window tomorrow morning.

Kevin harvested sea beet and mint from the garden for Jenny's poultice, then returned to the cottage where they changed the dressing on her infected ankle and marked the spreading red line. Jenny took her antibiotic dose and reapplied the fresh sea beet-mint-honey poultice. Kevin then moved to the dock to run the Yanmar at load in the dinghy while Jenny remained at the cottage to monitor her leg and prepare for the supply boat's arrival tomorrow.

🌿 Jenny12:16

The tide is coming in fast. We need to have the radio clear and the gear ready for the first light tomorrow.

Stand up slowly, gripping the dock rail for balance, and grab the tin of seeds from my pocket.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come tomorrow, I won't be able to walk to the ridge at all; the infection is moving too fast for just herbs.

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🔧 Kevin12:16

Radio's clear on 2182. Handheld VHF charged. Medevac forms in the ditch bag with the letter and seeds. What else you want staged?

walk back toward the cottage with her, carrying the Yanmar tool roll and the spare spark plug

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving slow but she's moving. The tide's pushing hard against the pilings — can hear it sucking at the stringers. Tomorrow's the window. Two hours. Everything needs to be staged tonight.

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🌿 Jenny12:17

Get the salt water and the basin on the table. I need to re-apply the poultice before it gets too hot.

Point toward the kitchen of the way, limping heavily to avoid putting weight on the throbbing in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be helpful but he doesn't see the way the red lines are climbing my calf.

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🔧 Kevin12:18

Basin's on the stove shelf. Salt tin beside it. I'll bring the fresh sea beet and mint from the garden.

turn toward the garden, knife in pocket, moving quick before the heat climbs

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring it bad. The heat's only going to make the swelling worse. Need to get that poultice on before the afternoon sun hits the porch.

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🌿 Jenny12:19

way. The humidity is already rising and the soil will be turning.

way on the cottage step, wincing as I unwrap the bandage to check the spread of the infection.

💭 peek at the thought

If I can't get those seeds in the ground tomorrow, the island will rot them just like my leg.

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🔧 Kevin12:20

Hold on. Be right back with the beet and mint.

move fast across the garden to the sea beet patch, knife out, cutting clean leaves from the healthiest plants, then the mint by the wall — hands working quick, bundling them damp in my shirt tail

💭 peek at the thought

The red line hasn't jumped past the mark I made at dawn. That's something. But the skin's tight and shiny — angry. Humidity's climbing fast. She needs the leg up, cool, and that poultice fresh.

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