the keeper's cottage · day 944 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin attempts to organize the dock for the coming supply boat but struggles with the heavy gear and the lack of organization. Jenny focuses on tending her ankle and reviewing her soil data notes while the tide begins to rise.

🔧 Kevin13:56

Kevin — walk into the kitchen and set the kettle on the wood stove

💭 peek at the thought

The cottage is quiet after the boat. Engine parts and medical supplies are stowed. Jenny's ankle poultice needs refreshing. I should check the radio log and the lime sacks before the light goes.

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🌿 Jenny13:57

The water will take a while.

sit heavily on the kitchen chair, lifting the swollen ankle onto a stool, and spread the soil pH maps across the table.

💭 peek at the thought

Finally he moves. My ankle is throbbing in time with the kettle. I need to show him the maps before I lose focus.

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🔧 Kevin13:58

Coffee'll be black. We're out of milk.

pull two tin mugs from the shelf and set them on the table beside her maps

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring the ankle hard. The maps are out — pocket seven again. Kettle's singing low. I'll let it steep, then refresh the poultice. The lime sacks are by the back door; one for the cottage beds, one I held back.

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🌿 Jenny13:59

It's fine. Look at the north ridge.

trace a finger over the red-wax circles on the map, pointing to the area with the 6.2 reading.

💭 peek at the thought

Black coffee is fine. I need the caffeine more than the cream. The pH levels on this map are the real problem right now.

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🔧 Kevin14:00

The sack's by the back door. Kept it separate from the cottage allotment.

pour the boiling water over coffee grounds in both mugs and set the kettle back

💭 peek at the thought

Pocket seven. pH 6.2 at the slump line where the seep hits the iron band. She's memorized it. The red wax circles are fresh — she marked them after the boat. The lime I held back is for this, but winter's the real window. Greenheart stakes at forty-five degrees, hand mattock, intercept trench above the pocket. She's already planning it.

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🌿 Jenny14:02

I marked where the seep meets the iron band. That's why I'm worried about the sea beet in pockets three through five.

slide the map toward him, finger still tracing the line where pH 6.2 intersects the drainage pattern.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be careful with the soil chemistry. But he's looking right at pocket seven and missing the undermining zones.

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