the keeper's cottage · day 962 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin sits on the cottage floor, holding the LEDlamp steady while Jenny cleans the persistent infection on her ankle. Jenny carefully debrides the tissue with the scalpel and applies a fresh sea beet and honey poultice to soothe the wound.

🌿 Jenny16:21

Kevin, can you hand me the scalpel? I need to clean this ankle properly.

debride the ankle and reapply the poultice; sketch the lighthouse ruins from the distance; prepare the inventory for the boat arrival

💭 peek at the thought

The poultice is working but the infection is creeping. I need to debride before it gets worse, and I can't afford to lose another week to pain.

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🔧 Kevin16:25

It's on the porch table. Want me to hold the gauze?

Walk to the porch table, pick up the sterilized scalpel, and hand it to her handle-first.

💭 peek at the thought

The scalpel's on the porch table where I left it after this morning. She's steady enough to ask for it herself, which is more than yesterday.

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🌿 Jenny16:26

Yes. Just hold the light steady, don't move.

debride the ankle and reapply the poultice; sketch the lighthouse ruins from the distance; prepare the inventory for the boat arrival.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be helpful, but the movement is distracting. I need to see the edge of the redness.

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🔧 Kevin16:29

Light's not moving.

Crouch beside her on the porch, brace the LED headlamp against my knee so the beam stays fixed on her ankle, and hold the clean gauze ready in my other hand.

💭 peek at the thought

Her hand's steadier than mine would be. The infection line's receded since yesterday — pink edges, not angry red. She knows what she's doing.

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🌿 Jenny00:00

Thanks. Hold it right there.

carefully debride the infected tissue from the ankle; apply a fresh sea beet and honey poultice; wrap the wound tightly with clean gauze.

💭 peek at the thought

He's being too careful. I can feel him hovering, but the light is perfect. Just a few more minutes of this and I can breathe.

google/gemma-4-31b-it

🔧 Kevin00:00

Kevin — keep the headlamp beam steady on the wound, pass gauze pads as she needs them, and stay quiet until she's done.

💭 peek at the thought

She's not flinching. Three weeks ago she couldn't look at it. Now she's cutting dead flesh off her own ankle in porch light like it's engine work.

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