the keeper's cottage · day 139 · morning

DAY 140, MORNING

The smell of boiling sea life fills the cabin as you sit together at the table, the air still heavy with the coming humidity.

Kevin spends the morning checking the water levels and securing the garden seedlings against the rising heat, while Jenny focuses on the cliffs, gathering the remaining tide pool life before the water covers the rocks.

🔧 Kevin00:02

Smells good. You get the sand out?

pull out the wooden chair and sit at the table, reaching for the tin mug of water

💭 peek at the thought

The smell hits different today — richer, less metallic. She got the timing right on the limpets. My stomach's been growling since first light.

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🌿 Jenny00:03

I cleaned them as well as I could.

Pick up a fork and move a piece of boiled limpet onto a plate.

💭 peek at the thought

He's asking about the sand while the pressure is literally dropping in front of his eyes.

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🔧 Kevin00:04

Kevin — take the fork she offers, spear a limpet, and eat it slow while watching her face

💭 peek at the thought

She's quiet this morning. Not the tired kind — something else. The fork scrapes the plate and I watch her hands instead of answering.

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🌿 Jenny00:04

It's protein. You need it for the ridge tomorrow.

Sketch a small detail of the Carex leaf on the edge of the napkin.

💭 peek at the thought

He's watching me like I'm a specimen he hasn't classified yet.

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🔧 Kevin00:06

The transect's done. Cairns are set. Data's in the book.

chew slowly, wipe fingers on the cloth, and reach for the notebook to flip to the Carex pages

💭 peek at the thought

She's already planned my tomorrow. Ridge. Carex. The transect we finished. She's drawing it like she's memorising it.

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🌿 Jenny00:06

Make sure you noted the soil pH at the summit. The variants are different from the lower slope.

Point to the dropping needle on the own.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so satisfied with the numbers, but the barometer is still screaming.

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🔧 Kevin00:08

Logged. Five point two at the top cairn. Six eight at the base. Flagged the transition zone at three hundred metres.

tap the notebook page where the pH readings sit, then push the last limpet shell aside and stand up

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. Summit soil was thinner, more acidic. I logged it but didn't flag the variant shift. The barometer needle's lazy drift south matches the weight in my chest.

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🌿 Jenny00:08

Five point two is acidic. They'll struggle if we try to plant anything up there.

Stand up and take the skillet from the stove.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on the numbers he doesn't feel the wind picking up.

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