the keeper's cottage · day 932 · afternoon

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

The afternoon heat is heavy, though the light breeze offers a small reprieve. The tide is receding, exposing the rocks near the south-end dock. Jenny is resting on the porch, her ankle throbbing despite the sea-beet poultice, while Kevin focuses on the Yanmar engine maintenance, checking the preparations for the supply boat's arrival in two days.

🌿 Jenny00:37

Jenny? You back from the ridge?

debridement: Jenny's ankle wound

💭 peek at the thought

The ankle is throbbing worse than this morning. I need to clean it properly before the infection sets in deeper. Three strips of pH test kit remain - I should check that soil pocket near cairn 2 before I lose the data.

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🔧 Kevin00:37

Yeah. Yanmar held steady at load. Vibration fix holds.

walk to the porch and lean the 19mm wrench against the wall, then glance at her ankle wrapping

💭 peek at the thought

She's back early. The ridge walk usually takes her till mid-afternoon. Ankle must be worse than she let on.

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🌿 Jenny00:39

Good about the engine. I finished the pH on the north ridge, but the radio aerial is still a mess.

sits on the porch steps, wincing as she shifts weight off her swollen ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's talking about the engine again while my leg is falling apart. The seeds in the tin... they won't survive if I can't get to the garden.

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🔧 Kevin00:39

Sit still. I'll look at the aerial after I look at that.

set the kettle off the stove, pull up the stool, and kneel to unwind the gauze from her ankle

💭 peek at the thought

She's favoring it hard. The gauze is dark at the heel. She walked the whole transect like that.

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🌿 Jenny00:41

Thank you. It's been throbbing since dawn.

debridement: Jenny's ankle wound, applying sea beet poultice and re-wrapping with clean gauze

💭 peek at the thought

He's being careful again, but I can feel the infection crept under the bandage. The sea beet poultice should help, but I need those antibiotics.

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🔧 Kevin00:41

You walked too far on it.

rinse the wound with saline, dab on fresh sea beet-mint-honey poultice, and wrap it smooth with clean gauze, taping the ends down gentle

💭 peek at the thought

The wound edges look cleaner than yesterday. No new red streaks. The sea beet's doing its work. But the swelling's up — she overdid the ridge walk.

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🌿 Jenny00:43

Jenny — leans back against the whitewashed stone, watching the light change over the island.

💭 peek at the thought

His hands are steady, but mine are shaking. If I can't get to the north ridge tomorrow, grandmother's seeds will just rot in that tin. ownSAY: I know. The soil pH is so low up there, I need the enough.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin00:43

(quietly) The barometer's at 1017. Still rising.

check the weather log on the shelf, then pull the spare doxycycline from the medical kit and set it on the table beside her

💭 peek at the thought

She's quiet. Watching the light shift, same as she does when she's thinking about the letter. About the boat that might not come. About the silence between radio calls.

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