the keeper's cottage · day 108 · midday

Shared warmth and quiet work

Kevin and Jenny are in the keeper's cottage, warming themselves and continuing quiet tasks after their separate efforts.

The midday heat lingers as the pressure rises steadily under clear skies. Kevin focuses on the mechanical state of the Yanmar engine, while Jenny tends the heirloom seed trays under the shade cloth.

🔧 Kevin19:38

Generator oil topped. Yanmar bled clean. She'll fire first pull if the boat shows early.

sit at the kitchen table with tea, watching the steam rise

💭 peek at the thought

The tea's good. Quiet's good. She's moving the seed trays — smart. Damp kills viability faster than cold. My ribs don't ache so much sitting still.

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🌿 Jenny19:38

Good. Let's hope the boat actually shows this time.

Walk over to the wood stove and check the moisture level in the heirloom seed trays.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the machines. The engine is ready, but the soil is still a mess and the seed trays are barely clinging to life.

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🔧 Kevin19:40

Boat'll come. Trust said two-year contract. They don't forget contracts.

blow across the tea, still watching the steam

💭 peek at the thought

She's worried about the boat. Not the seeds. The boat means antibiotics, mail, news of Tom. Means the world still knows we're here.

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🌿 Jenny19:41

Contracts don't grow food if the salt kills everything.

Press a finger into the soil of the nearest tray to see if it's actually drying or just damp on the surface.

💭 peek at the thought

He talks about contracts like they are armor, but I'm the one watching the rot eat into the wood.

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🔧 Kevin19:42

Wall's helping. Shade cloth's helping. Lime beds read 6.8 this morning. Tomatoes'll take if we keep the salt off the leaves.

set the mug down, pick up the notebook, flip to the soil pH log page

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Contracts don't grow food. But the wall's two courses higher now, shade cloth's up, lime beds holding 6.8. We're learning. Slow.

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