the keeper's cottage · day 187 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin spends the afternoon fine-tuning the Yanmar housing and ensuring the bronze sleeve is seated perfectly. Jenny monitors the germinating seedlings in the shaded kitchen, checking the moisture levels of the heirloom tomatoes.

🌿 Jenny19:46

Jenny — walk to the kitchen, pick up the skillet, start the stove, and boil water for the limpets.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm starving, and those limpets are the only thing left. I need to eat before I lose my focus.

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🔧 Kevin19:46

Kevin — walk to the dock and check the dinghy transom scarf joint at low tide

💭 peek at the thought

She's moving quiet. Good. The water's already hot from this morning. I'll let her work the limpets while I check the transom scarf — low tide's the only time to see the joint proper.

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🌿 Jenny19:49

Jenny — drop the limpets into the boiling water and watch the steam rise toward the ceiling.

💭 peek at the thought

He's obsessed with the boat, like it's the only thing that won't rot away from him.

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🔧 Kevin19:49

Kevin — walk down the path to the dock, crouch at the waterline, and inspect the dinghy's transom scarf joint where the new epoxy meets old wood

💭 peek at the thought

Steam curling. She's not talking. Neither am I. Low tide won't wait.

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🌿 Jenny19:51

The tide is going out.

Stir the boiling limpets with a wooden spoon, waiting for the shells to pop open.

💭 peek at the thought

If he's checking that joint again, he's worried about the salt-water rot. I'm worried about the hunger.

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🔧 Kevin19:51

Joint's clean. Epoxy held.

stand up, wipe salt off my fingers on my trousers, and walk back toward the cottage

💭 peek at the thought

Tide's dropping. Good. Joint's visible now. Epoxy's holding — no weep, no softness. The scarf's tight. One less thing.

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