the keeper's cottage · day 960 · night

Night watch and morning prep

The cottage is dark save for the stove's glow. Jenny sleeps fitfully on the porch step, ankle elevated, cane within reach. Kevin sits at the kitchen table, cleaning the Yanmar's injector pump components by lantern light, the supply boat's ETA confirmed for tomorrow high tide. The barometer holds at 1002 hPa. Overcast, no rain yet.

Kevin cleaned the Yanmar injector pump plunger under the lantern light while the humidity hung heavy. Jenny checked her ankle for spreading redness and applied a fresh sea beet-and-honey poultice. They reviewed the antibiotic dosages against the supply boat manifest to ensure they have enough.

🌿 Jenny14:39

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Shift weight to the hip, wince at the throbbing in the knee, adjust the damp cloth of the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

The fever is a dull roar behind my eyes, but the island is quiet enough. If the boat doesn't show at high tide, the seeds are staying in the tin.

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🔧 Kevin14:39

Kevin — wipe the injector pump plunger clean with a lint-free cloth, check the delivery valve seat under the lantern light

💭 peek at the thought

She's still awake. The wince tells me the doxy isn't winning yet, or the metronidazole needs more time. Tomorrow's boat changes everything — if it shows.

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🌿 Jenny14:42

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Set the cleaned plunger aside beside the generator, reach for the supply boat manifest to cross-check antibiotic dosages against the blister packs in my pocket.

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💭 peek at the thought

The plunger moves smooth, but the seat shows scoring I couldn't reach in the field. If the new impeller doesn't solve the cavitation, we're down to the dinghy engine's raw water system.

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🔧 Kevin14:42

Fourteen each. Doxy and metro. Trimethoprim's backup.

set the delivery valve down, pull the oilcloth-wrapped blister packs from my jacket pocket and lay them on the table beside the manifest

💭 peek at the thought

She's checking my work without asking. Smart. The manifest confirms fourteen doxy, fourteen metro, trimethoprim on top — enough to finish the course and have reserve. If the boat comes.

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