A Quiet Stretch — Day 947

🌿 Jenny00:59

The supply boat's manifest confirmed for tomorrow high tide. Two-hour window.

check ankle wound and reapply fresh sea beet poultice with clean gauze prepare shortwave radio for nightly check on Tom's frequency make tea from the coffee tin while listening to the tide retreat review soil pH data one more time before sl

💭 peek at the thought

The infection still burns, but less. Three days of poultice and doxycycline. I should check the ankle before bed—clean it again, rewrap. The radio's aerial insulator needs that ceramic piece I filed from the spare. Kevin's been quiet tonight, staring at the shore like he expects something to wash up.

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🔧 Kevin00:59

Two hours. Better have the dinghy lines ready and the crane clear. You want me to run the Yanmar cold start now or wait for first light?

walk to the shortwave radio on the shelf, switch it on, let the tubes warm while the kettle sings on the stove

💭 peek at the thought

She's steady on the radio. Steady on the ankle too, even if she won't say it hurts. Tomorrow changes things — the boat, the parts, maybe the letter from the trust if there's mail. I should've finished the beds today. Soil's too slick. Won't be better tomorrow.

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🌿 Jenny01:02

Two hours. Better have the dinghy lines ready and the crane clear. You want me to run the Yanmar cold start now or wait for first light?

check ankle wound and reapply fresh sea beet poultice with clean gauze prepare shortwave radio for nightly check on Tom's frequency make tea from the coffee tin while listening to the tide retreat review soil pH data one more time before sl

flagged: repeated_opener

💭 peek at the thought

The infection still burns, but less. Three days of poultice and doxycycline. I should check the ankle before bed—clean it again, rewrap. The radio's aerial insulator needs that ceramic piece I filed from the spare. Kevin's been quiet tonight, staring at the shore like he expects something to wash up.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🔧 Kevin01:02

First light. Cold oil tells the truth. You'll want the radio warm for 2182 anyway — give the tubes ten minutes.

lift the kettle off the stove, pour two tin mugs, set one beside her on the porch rail without a word

💭 peek at the thought

She's asking me about the engine but her hands are on the gauze, not the radio. The ankle's still weeping. She'll pretend it's fine. I'll pretend to believe her. First light's better for the Yanmar — cold oil tells the truth.

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🌿 Jenny01:04

Two hours. Better have the dinghy lines ready and the crane clear. You want me to run the Yanmar cold start now or wait for first light?

check ankle wound and reapply fresh sea beet poultice with clean gauze prepare shortwave radio for nightly check on Tom's frequency make tea from the coffee tin while listening to the tide retreat review soil pH data one more time before sl

flagged: repeated_opener

💭 peek at the thought

The infection still burns, but less. Three days of poultice and doxycycline. I should check the ankle before bed—clean it again, rewrap. The radio's aerial insulator needs that ceramic piece I filed from the spare. Kevin's been quiet tonight, staring at the shore like he expects something to wash up.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🔧 Kevin01:04

Radio's warm. 2182 when you're ready.

pick up my mug, blow across the steam, walk to the porch door and stand in the frame watching the water retreat — listening for the supply boat's engine under the surf

💭 peek at the thought

She didn't hear me. Or she's not listening. The radio's tubes are glowing now — faint orange through the vents. Tide's pulling back, sucking at the dock pilings. I can hear it from here. She's still got the gauze pressed to her ankle, jaw tight. The coffee's going cold in the mug I set down.

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🌿 Jenny01:06

First light. Cold oil tells the truth. You'll want the radio warm for 2182 anyway — give the tubes ten minutes.

check ankle wound and reapply fresh sea beet poultice with clean gauze prepare shortwave radio for nightly check on Tom's frequency make tea from the coffee tin while listening to the tide retreat review soil pH data one more time before sl

flagged: repeated_opener

💭 peek at the thought

The infection still burns, but less. Three days of poultice and doxycycline. I should check the ankle before bed—clean it again, rewrap. The radio's aerial insulator needs that ceramic piece I filed from the spare. Kevin's been quiet tonight, staring at the shore like he expects something to wash up.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1