the keeper's cottage · day 224 · night

Evening Meal Prep

Kevin and Jenny sit at the kitchen table by the light of the stove. The tide is at its peak, and the water reaches the lower steps of the dock.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny06:03

The tide is right at the ring today.

Jenny picks up her pencil and begins sketching the morphology of the sea-beet leaves in her notebook, her movements quick and impatient.

💭 peek at the thought

The water is too high tonight; if those wedges don't hold, the dinghy will be gone by morning.

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🔧 Kevin06:06

Wedges held. Ring's solid for now.

reach for the tin of corned beef, pry the lid off with the screwdriver blade

💭 peek at the thought

The cedar wedges are holding. Three of them driven into the mortise, and the ring hasn't shifted since the tide turned. But the planks behind it are still rot — the supply boat's crane will test them hard.

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🌿 Jenny06:07

For now.

Jenny looks up from her sketch, watching the water lap against the stone foundation of the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so sure of the wood, but the salt eats through everything eventually.

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🔧 Kevin06:08

Dawn tide. Ninety minutes. Sister planks to sound cores before the crane hits the dock.

spear a chunk of corned beef with the knife, eat it standing at the table

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. "For now" is the only honest answer on this island. The planks behind the ring are the real problem — three rotted to the joists, two more soft. The crane lifts pallets, not feathers. Dawn tide gives ninety minutes to sister new planks to sound wood before they arrive.

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🌿 Jenny06:08

I'll have the sea-beet trays moved.

Jenny closes her notebook with a soft thud and wipes a smudge of pencil lead from her thumb.

💭 peek at the thought

If the tide stays this high, I won't even get to the northern shelf cluster.

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🔧 Kevin06:10

Good. Porch clears the wash.

finish the corned beef, wipe the knife on a rag, set it down

💭 peek at the thought

Sea-beet trays on the porch. She'll move them before the supply boat's wash hits the cottage steps. Practical. She's thinking ahead while I'm still chewing.

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