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Day 414

High Water, Clean Engine, Holding Fast

Dawn brought thick cloud and a barometer climbing to 981 hPa. Kevin and Jenny shared coffee at the cottage table. Jenny checked the red lines on her ankle — stable, no overnight spread — and ate limpets. Kevin said the supply boat was due in ten days and the barometer suggested the weather window might hold. He would check the mooring ring shackle at high water and run the Yanmar at half throttle to verify the vibration fix. Jenny said she wasn't doing the shackle; she could barely put weight on her leg. Kevin hadn't asked her to. He'd go at high water. She'd do the dressing at 0800 and log the line.

Dawn brought thick cloud and a barometer climbing to 981 hPa. Kevin and Jenny shared coffee at the cottage table. Jenny checked the red lines on her ankle — stable, no overnight spread — and ate limpets. Kevin said the supply boat was due in ten days and the barometer suggested the weather window might hold. He would check the mooring ring shackle at high water and run the Yanmar at half throttle to verify the vibration fix. Jenny said she wasn't doing the shackle; she could barely put weight on her leg. Kevin hadn't asked her to. He'd go at high water. She'd do the dressing at 0800 and log the line.

At high tide Kevin stood on the dock, the Yanmar idling in the dinghy beside him. Jenny watched from the porch, notebook in hand. The shackle pin turned stiff but clean after penetrating oil. The ring held solid under load. Kevin ran the Yanmar at half throttle for twenty minutes — smooth, no cavitation in the prop wash. The vibration fix held.

Midday, Kevin secured the dinghy and retrieved mallet and longer through-bolts for the loose mooring ring. Jenny harvested medicinal leaves in the woods and returned to tend her ankle. By afternoon, rain easing to drizzle, Kevin drove four 150mm stainless through-bolts with a steel doubler plate into the mortise, catching greenheart below the scour line. Quarter turn past finger-tight. Zero movement under hand pressure. Jenny finished her dressing change; red lines showed no worsening heat or spread.

Evening brought heavy rain drumming the roof, west wind howling, tide turning to flood. The kettle went cold on the stove. Kevin sat with the Yanmar vibration log. Jenny lay on the narrow bench, pant leg rolled, the 0400 alarm near. Kevin returned from the tank, soaked — water level full, overflow saturating the garden beds. The tide lapped the lower pilings. Rain slowed to heavy drizzle, air thick at 26°C. Jenny's injury had healed. The supply boat would come. They ate. A rat was in the pantry. A tool had broken from wear. Coffee mugs and a kettle had been found. The rain tank gained twenty-five litres.

Scenes

the keeper's cottage · dawn

The Rising Pressure

Kevin sits on the porch chair as the cloud cover thickens over the island. Jenny watches the de-salted notebook dry on the table while Kevin checks the barometer reading. The air is heavy with the scent of coming rain.

Kevin and Jenny shared coffee at the cottage table while the barometer rose to 981 hPa. Jenny checked the red lines on her ankle and ate limpets. Kevin prepared to check the mooring ring shackle at high water and run the Yanmar at half throttle to verify the vibration fix.

🔧 Kevin22:27

Supply boat's due in ten days. Barometer says the window might hold. We'll check the shackle at high water.

stand from the porch chair, stretch the stiffness from my shoulders, and walk to the kitchen to check the water tank level and start the stove for coffee

💭 thought
Barometer's up another point. 981. Rising slow but steady. Front's pushing through, not settling. Good. Means the supply boat might actually make its window. Means the crossing won't be a wall of green water. Still need to check that mooring ring shackle at high water — oak wedges are holding but the mortise is soft. And Jenny's dressing at 0800. Red line hasn't moved. That's the only number that matters today.
🌿 Jenny22:27

I'm not doing the shackle today. I can barely put weight on it.

Lean back against the cot and pull the blanket over my ankle, watching him move toward the stove.

💭 thought
He's calculating windows and shackles while I'm calculating how many more days I can keep this leg from failing me. He sounds so sure of the barometer.
🔧 Kevin22:29

Didn't ask you to. I'll go at high water. You do the dressing at 0800. Log the line.

fill the kettle from the tank, set it on the stove, and pull two tin mugs from the shelf

💭 thought
She's not doing the shackle. Never said she was. I'm doing the shackle. She's doing the dressing — her own leg, my hands if she needs. That's the arrangement. Has been for weeks. Her ankle's bad. Mine's not. Don't need to speak it.
🌿 Jenny22:29

I'll log it. If I wake up before then.

Trace the red line on my ankle with a finger, checking if it has moved since last night.

💭 thought
0800 is too early for a body that feels like wet lead. He treats me like a project that needs a strict schedule.
🔧 Kevin22:31

You'll wake. Coffee'll be ready.

light the stove with a match, set the kettle on the hot plate, and lean back against the counter watching the flame catch

💭 thought
If I wake up before then. She says it like it's a joke. Like she hasn't been waking every four hours for weeks. Like the doxycycline and metronidazole aren't sitting on the shelf with the gauze and the antiseptic cream. Like the red line hasn't held at the pen mark for three days straight. She's tired. We're both tired. But the line hasn't moved. That's the only thing that matters.
🌿 Jenny22:31

I hope the coffee is stronger than the barometer's promises.

Reach for the limpets on the stove and slide them into a bowl.

💭 thought
Such certainty. He speaks as if the world is a clock and I'm just a gear that needs oiling.
🔧 Kevin22:33

Coffee's strong. Barometer's just a guess.

pour hot water into the two mugs, spoon coffee grounds in, let them steep

💭 thought
Barometer's promises. She's right to mock it. 981 and rising don't mean the boat comes. Don't mean the crossing's safe. Don't mean the ring holds. Only means the pressure's climbing. Could drop again by afternoon. Could stall. Could lie. Been at sea long enough to know a barometer's just a guess with numbers. Coffee though — coffee's real. Tin's sealed. Water's hot. That's something.
🌿 Jenny22:33

A guess that usually decides if we're trapped for a week or not.

Slowly push myself up from the cot, favoring the left leg, and limp toward the table to check the notebook.

💭 thought
A guess. At least he's admitting it. But he's still the one holding the mugs.
🔧 Kevin22:35

We're not trapped. We're stocked. The boat comes or it doesn't.

hand her a mug of coffee, black, no sugar, and take the other for myself

💭 thought
Trapped for a week. Or two. Or three. The supply boat's missed its window before. Storms, engine trouble, the trust's budget, the skipper's daughter's wedding — always something. We've got 629 days of food for two. Water's full. Wood's stacked. The Yanmar runs. The dinghy floats. The radio works. We're not trapped. We're waiting. There's a difference. She knows it. I know it. The ankle's the only thing that could change the math.
🌿 Jenny22:35

Stocked doesn't mean much if I can't walk to the boat.

Sit at the table and take a slow sip of the coffee, staring at the red lines on my ankle.

💭 thought
Stocked. As if having enough flour and beans will stop the infection from reaching my heart. He doesn't see the rot inside of me.

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the dock · morning

High water shackle check and Yanmar test

Kevin stands on the dock at high tide, testing the mooring ring shackle under load while the Yanmar idles in the dinghy beside him. Jenny watches from the cottage porch, notebook in hand, the barometer climbing steady behind her.

Kevin tested the Yanmar engine at half throttle to verify the vibration fix. Jenny attempted to monitor her ankle's infection, but the red lines remained difficult to track due to swelling.

🔧 Kevin22:37

Ring holds. Engine's clean at half throttle. Come see the shackle pin — still needs more penetrating oil but it turns.

walk back to the dinghy and kill the Yanmar, then wait on the dock for Jenny to come down

💭 thought
Ring's solid. Shackle pin still stiff but it moved. Yanmar's clean at half throttle — no vibration past 1800. Good. Now she needs to see it hold under load with the boat tied off proper.
🌿 Jenny22:37

I'm coming. Keep your shirt on.

Walk slowly down the porch steps and across the grass toward the dock, favoring the infected ankle.

💭 thought
He sounds so pleased with himself. Just a pin and a ring, while I'm tracking a line of fire up my leg.
🔧 Kevin22:39

Take your time. No rush.

stand still on the dock, hands at my sides, watching her approach without moving to meet her

💭 thought
She's moving slower than yesterday. Ankle's not right. She knows it, I know it, we both know what the red line means if it crosses the mark.
🌿 Jenny22:39

I'm fine, Kevin.

Step onto the first timber plank of the dock and walk toward him, keeping my face neutral.

💭 thought
I can feel him watching me, calculating the limp in my step. He thinks he's being patient, but it just feels like he's grading my performance.
🔧 Kevin22:41

You're not. But you're here. Shackle pin's here — stiff but turns. Ring's solid under load.

step aside to give her room at the mooring ring, gesturing at the shackle with a chin tilt

💭 thought
She's not fine. The way she plants the left foot first, breath held through the roll onto the right. The neutral face is a lie she's gotten good at telling.
🌿 Jenny22:41

Let me see.

Lean down to inspect the shackle pin, squinting at the metal to check for any fresh scoring or misalignment.

💭 thought
Solid. He loves a solid fix. He doesn't understand that the ring can be solid and the person holding the rope can still be falling apart.
🔧 Kevin22:43

Cherry-red with the torch at slack. Thirty seconds. Big wrench broke it free. Penetrating oil's been working since.

crouch down beside her, pointing at the pin threads where oil residue shows dark against the steel

💭 thought
She knows what she's looking for. Scoring, galling, any sign the pin's been turning under load it shouldn't. Her eyes are good — better than she lets on.
🌿 Jenny22:43

It's a clean turn now. Good.

Reach out and touch the cold steel of the shackle with one finger, then slowly straighten up.

💭 thought
He's talking about the metal as if it's the only thing on this island that matters. The precision, the heat, the oil.
🔧 Kevin22:45

Yanmar's next. Want to hear it at load before the boat comes.

rise with her, wiping my palm on my thigh, and nod toward the dinghy where the engine sits mounted

💭 thought
Clean turn. Her word carries weight — she doesn't give it easy. The ring, the wedges, the doubler plate, four 150mm bolts. It'll hold the supply boat. It'll hold worse than that.
🌿 Jenny22:45

Let's hear it then.

Walk toward the dinghy, shifting my weight to the right side to hide the throb in the ankle.

💭 thought
Always the engine. If the engine runs, the world is okay, even if my leg is rotting.

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the dock · midday

Midday Check-in

Kevin is at the dock and Jenny is in the woods.

Kevin ran the Yanmar at half throttle for twenty minutes and confirmed the vibration fix holds; the engine ran smooth with no cavitation in the prop wash. He then secured the dinghy and retrieved the mallet and longer through-bolts to address the loose mooring ring. Jenny harvested medicinal leaves in the woods and returned to the cottage porch to tend her ankle.

🌿 Jenny22:49

Jenny — slowly crouch down to identify and harvest the medicinal leaves.

💭 thought
God, I'm exhausted. Just a few more leaves and I can go back. I can't let Kevin see me shaking.
🔧 Kevin22:50

Kevin — start the Yanmar, let it warm at idle, then bring it up to half throttle and hold for twenty minutes, watching the prop shaft and feeling for vibration through the transom

💭 thought
The shackle held at high water. No movement in the ring. The doubler plate and wedges are doing their job. Now the Yanmar — need to run it under load proper, see if the vibration's still there above half throttle.
🌿 Jenny22:53

Jenny — stand up slowly and limp back toward the cottage, clutching the leaves.

💭 thought
That's enough. My ankle is throbbing in time with my heart. I need to get these back to the cottage before the rain picks up again.
🔧 Kevin22:54

Kevin — advance throttle to half, lock it there, brace against the gunwale and feel for vibration through the transom and tiller, watching the prop wash for cavitation, counting seconds on the watch

💭 thought
Engine's running clean at idle. No smoke, no knock. Time to load it up and see if the sleeve and trueing held.
🌿 Jenny22:57

Jenny — limp out of the woods and toward the cottage porch.

💭 thought
I can see the roof through the trees. Just a few more yards. Don't trip, for the love of god, do not trip.
🔧 Kevin22:59

Kevin — cut throttle, let engine idle down, then kill it. Secure the dinghy to the dock with a stern line and forward spring. Grab the mallet and longer through-bolts from the workshop.

💭 thought
Vibration's still there — not bad, but present. A harmonic shudder above 1800 RPM. Prop shaft's true, sleeve's seated. Mast bracket's the suspect. It's flexing under load, transferring shake into the hull. Need to stiffen it.

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the keeper's cottage · afternoon

Afternoon dressing change and mooring ring repair

Jenny sits on the porch re-dressing her ankle with fresh poultice while Kevin works the mooring ring at the dock, driving longer through-bolts into the mortise now that the tide has fallen enough to expose it. The rain has eased to a drizzle.

Kevin finished securing the dock mooring ring with four 150mm stainless through-bolts and a steel doubler plate, achieving zero movement under hand pressure. Jenny completed her ankle dressing change and confirmed the red line tracking showed no worsening heat or spread.

🌿 Jenny23:01

How's it seating?

Tighten the gauze wrap around the ankle and lean back against the stone wall.

💭 thought
The red lines are holding. For now. The drizzle feels like a cold sheet on my skin, but the poultice is warm.
🔧 Kevin23:01

Clean so far. Oak wedges held the alignment. Driving the long bolts now — 150mm stainless, four of them. Should catch greenheart below the scour line.

drive the four 150mm stainless through-bolts into the mooring ring mortise with the heavy wrench, checking alignment as each seats

💭 thought
Tide's low enough now. Mortise is exposed. Four 150mm bolts should bite into sound timber below the rot. If they hold, the ring's good for the supply boat. If not, I'm out of wedges and patience.
🌿 Jenny23:03

Don't over-torque them. The greenheart is hard, but the surrounding timber is soft.

Reach for the canteen and take a slow sip of water.

💭 thought
He's so focused on the hardware. He treats the dock like a patient, and me like a project that's stalled.
🔧 Kevin23:03

Quarter turn past finger-tight. Same rule as the mast step. Not stripping anything today.

torque each bolt to finger-tight plus a controlled quarter turn, verifying the ring doesn't shift as each one seats

💭 thought
She's right. Greenheart's dense as iron but the old dock timbers around it are punky. Strip a thread in soft wood and I've got nothing left to bite. Quarter turn past finger-tight, same as the mast bracket. Discipline.
🌿 Jenny23:05

Good. I can hear the wrench from here.

Gently press a finger against the edge of the red streak to check for heat.

💭 thought
He remembers the mast step. He's meticulous, I'll give him that. But the silence between us is getting heavier than the air.
🔧 Kevin23:05

Ring's fast. Zero movement under hand pressure. You done with the dressing?

wipe hands on trousers, walk back up the dock toward the cottage porch

💭 thought
Four bolts seated. Ring's solid. No play when I lean on it. That's the mooring sorted for the supply boat. Now the leg — she's checking heat again. Red line hasn't moved past the pen mark in twelve hours. Doxy's working. But she's favoring it, and the swelling at the ankle hasn't dropped. Infection's deep. She needs rest, not hopping around the woods for poultice leaves.
🌿 Jenny23:07

I'm done. It's holding.

Pull the pant leg down over the bandage and shift my weight slightly to test the ankle.

💭 thought
He's coming back to check on the specimen. I can't tell if he's worried about the infection or just wants to be the one to decide when I'm 'fixed'.
🔧 Kevin23:07

Good. Stay off it. Next change at oh-four-hundred. I'll wake you.

climb the porch steps, set the mallet and wrench down by the door, pull the kettle toward the stove

💭 thought
She says it's holding. The ankle takes her weight — barely a wince. Red line static. Doxy's earning its keep. But she's been on it all morning: woods for leaves, garden, now this. Swelling won't drop if she doesn't stay off it. Next dressing in four hours. I'll wake her. She won't wake herself.
🌿 Jenny23:09

I can wake myself, Kevin.

Lean back and watch him at the stove, arms crossed.

💭 thought
Oh-four-hundred. He's already scheduling my recovery. I can't stand the way he manages my time like it's a logbook.
🔧 Kevin23:09

You have. Doesn't mean you should.

fill the kettle from the tank tap, set it on the stove, open the tin of mackerel

💭 thought
She means it. She's woken herself every four hours for three days. Pride and fear tangled together — fear that if she sleeps through one, the red line jumps and I make the call she knows I'll make. Medevac. Helicopter. Leaving the island. She doesn't want to go. Neither do I. But sepsis doesn't negotiate.
🌿 Jenny23:11

I'm not a child.

Look away from him toward the garden, staring at the half-weeded beds.

💭 thought
That tone. The "responsible adult" voice. It makes me feel like I'm twenty instead of thirty-eight.
🔧 Kevin23:11

Didn't say you were. Said I'll wake you. Four hours. Sleep now.

fork mackerel into two tin mugs, set one on the table beside her, sit opposite with the other

💭 thought
She's not a child. She's a woman who's been changing her own dressings, checking her own red lines, harvesting her own poultice leaves on a swollen ankle for three days while I turned bolts and ran engines. She's tired. Scared. Stubborn. So am I. The garden's half weeds because we both talked instead of dug. The radio's aerial insulator is still shattered because I haven't climbed the mast. Tom's letter sits in the radio box. Lots of things half-done between us.

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the keeper's cottage · evening

Night watch and 0400 dressing change

The kettle has gone cold on the stove. Kevin sits at the table with the notebook open to the Yanmar vibration log, pen poised. Jenny lies on the narrow bench, pant leg rolled up, the 0400 alarm about to sound. Outside, the overcast has thickened to a low ceiling, no wind, the tide turning to flood.

The rain intensifies, a heavy drumming against the cottage roof as the west wind howls. Inside, the air is humid and smells of damp wood and the scent of the kettle.

🔧 Kevin23:13

Kevin — reach over and silence the alarm before it sounds, then set the kettle on the stove to heat water for the dressing change

💭 thought
The alarm hasn't gone off yet. She's awake though — can see it in the breathing. Kettle's cold, means I forgot to light the stove after the Yanmar test. Tide's flooding, barometer holding. Four hours since the last dressing change. Need to check if the red line's moved.
🌿 Jenny23:13

Thanks.

Shift my weight slowly to get comfortable and watch the steam start to rise from the kettle.

💭 thought
The silence after the alarm is almost louder than the noise would have been. He's moving in that choreographed way again, anticipating my needs before I even have to ask. It's exhausting.
🔧 Kevin23:15

0400. You want me to pull the dressing or you doing it?

set the pen down and pull the first aid kit closer, laying out fresh gauze, antiseptic cream, and the doxycycline blister pack on the table

💭 thought
She's moving slow. The ankle's stiffening in the cold. Kettle's singing quiet. Pen's still in my hand, vibration log open — RPMs steady at half throttle, no spike past 1800. Good. That's done. Now the leg.
🌿 Jenny23:15

I've got it. Just pass me the cream.

Reach out a hand for the antiseptic cream and begin slowly unwinding the gauze from my ankle.

💭 thought
I can do it. I don't want to be a patient today. I want to feel the edge of the wound myself so I know exactly where I stand.
🔧 Kevin23:17

Kevin — squeeze a line of antiseptic cream onto a fresh gauze pad and hold it out to her, then pick up the pen and notebook again to log the time and condition

💭 thought
She's steady with it. Hands don't shake. The old gauze comes away clean — no pus, no stick. That's better than yesterday. She's watching the skin as she unwinds, not my face.
🌿 Jenny23:17

Thank you.

Take the gauze from his hand and carefully dab the red area, flinching slightly as the cold cream hits the skin.

💭 thought
The lines are steady for now, but the heat is still there. If they move another centimeter tomorrow, I'm calling the radio regardless of the cost.
🔧 Kevin23:19

Kevin — lean sideways to catch the angle of the red line against the biro mark on her calf, then pour hot water into the tin mug for the doxycycline

💭 thought
The flinch was small. She's masking it. The red line — need to see where it sits against the pen mark from 0800 yesterday. She's blocking the view. Water's boiling now. Steam thick in the room.
🌿 Jenny23:19

It hasn't moved yet.

Press the gauze pad against the edge of the infection and wait for the antibiotic to kick in.

💭 thought
He's watching the line like it's a specimen under a microscope. I hate that I feel like a project right now.
🔧 Kevin23:21

Good. Take the doxy with the full mug.

slide the doxycycline blister pack across the table toward her, then lift my own mug and blow across the surface

💭 thought
Hasn't moved. The pen mark holds. That's two checks clean. Doxy's working — or the poultice is, or both. She's not saying it but her shoulders dropped a fraction. The mug steams. I'll take mine black.
🌿 Jenny23:21

I have it.

Pop the pill and swallow it with a large gulp of the warm water.

💭 thought
The water is too hot. I need to be strong enough to actually dig those holes once the seed tin dries.
🔧 Kevin23:23

0800 next. I'll wake you.

stand and pull on my oilskin jacket, then step out onto the porch to watch the tide line climb the shingle

💭 thought
Pill down. Water gone. She sets the mug hard on the table — not angry, just tired. The gauze is taped. Dressing done. Next one at 0800. Barometer's still rising. Tide's pushing up the beach. Need to check the mooring ring shackle at high water under load. That's the next real test.
🌿 Jenny23:25

I'll be up.

Lean back against the wall and watch him through the open door, my eyes drifting to the seed tin on the table.

💭 thought
I don't need a wake-up call, but I'm too tired to fight him on it. The tide is coming in fast; I can smell the brine thickening in the air.
🔧 Kevin23:25

Kevin — stand on the porch a moment longer, watching the tide turn the shingle, then turn back into the kitchen and sit at the table opposite her

💭 thought
She's watching the seed tin. Not the garden, not the dinghy, not the radio. The tin. Grandmother's seeds. Tomato. Pepper. The damp packets we're drying. She's thinking past the next dressing change. Past the supply boat. Past me.
🌿 Jenny23:27

Something wrong with the tide?

Pull the pant leg down over the fresh dressing and shift my legs away from the table edge.

💭 thought
Why is he back? He should be checking the lines or the dock. The air in here is getting too small.

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the keeper's cottage · night

The Rising Tide

The rain continues to lash the island. The tide is high over the shingle, and the dinghy groans at its moorings.

The tide is high, lapping against the lower pilings of the dock. The rain has slowed to a heavy drizzle, but the air remains thick with humidity at 26°C. Kevin returns from the tank, his clothes soaked, having confirmed that the water level is full and the overflow is currently saturating the garden beds.

🌿 Jenny23:27

The barometer is dropping again. We need to check the tank.

Trace a new line around the edge of the redness on my ankle with a ballpoint pen.

💭 thought
The red lines are an inch closer to the knee than this morning. If the boat doesn't come, I'll never get those seeds in the ground.
🔧 Kevin23:28

Checked it at first light. Four hundred litres. But I'll look again.

walk to the rain tank at the back wall and check the water level indicator

💭 thought
Barometer dropping after all that rise. Storm's not done with us. She's marking the line steady — good. Means she's still tracking it herself. Tank's full at 400L but she's right to verify.
🌿 Jenny23:29

It's been raining for hours, Kevin. It's probably spilling over the lip.

Lean back against the whitewashed wall and watch him, rubbing the swollen skin above the pen mark.

💭 thought
He's so certain of everything he did hours ago. The rain is coming down in sheets; the tank could be overflowing already.
🔧 Kevin23:31

Overflow pipe runs to the garden. If it's spilling, the beds are getting it.

check the tank's sight gauge and the overflow pipe outlet at the garden

💭 thought
She's not wrong. Overflow's a real risk with this much rain. Better to catch it than waste it. And she's watching me check — wants to see the number herself.

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What changed

Jenny's injury has healed.
healed · dawn
The supply boat came.
supply_arrived · dawn
3 intentions for today.
plan · dawn
×2
A rat has gotten into the pantry.
rat · dawn
Treat leg infection: 90%.
project · dawn
Found: coffee mugs.
item · dawn
barometer rising to 981 hPa suggests storm front may hold off for supply boat window
discovery · dawn
ankle red lines stable since last check; no overnight spread
discovery · dawn
The rain tank gained about 25 litres.
weather · morning
Kevin and Jenny ate.
meal · morning
A tool has broken from wear.
tool_break · midday
Treat leg infection is finished.
project_done · midday
Yanmar vibration fix verified — engine runs clean at half throttle under load
discovery · midday
medicinal leaves found in woods suitable for infection poultice
discovery · midday
Found: kettle.
item · afternoon
The rain tank gained about 25 litres.
weather · afternoon
Kevin and Jenny ate.
meal · evening

a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.