the garden · day 28 · morning

MORNING day 29

The humidity hasn't lifted as the morning progresses. You and Kevin meet at the garden table to discuss the day ahead.

Kevin and Jenny retreated to the cottage to escape the heavy humidity and prepare a morning meal. Kevin checked the radio frequencies while the water boiled, and Jenny carefully laid the damp heirloom seed packets on paper towels to dry in the only patch of light available near the window.

🔧 Kevin22:33

Mortar won't set. Humidity's too high. Going to run the radio check on 2182 and 4125, then put the medevac forms on the kitchen table. We need to talk.

walk to the cottage to check the shortwave radio

💭 peek at the thought

The mortar's useless in this soup. Should've known better than to fight the humidity. Need to pivot — radio check first, then the medevac forms. Jenny's been waiting for that conversation. She deserves it straight.

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🌿 Jenny22:33

I'll bring the sea beet sketches inside. The kitchen is the best place for the packets anyway.

Close the notebook and wipe charcoal dust from my hands.

💭 peek at the thought

He's worried about the medevac forms again. He sees the storm in the air, I see it in the seeds.

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🔧 Kevin22:34

Coffee first. Then the radio.

start the kettle on the stove and pull the medevac authorization forms from the drawer, setting them on the kitchen table

💭 peek at the thought

She's making space for the conversation. Good. Means she's ready too.

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🌿 Jenny22:35

Coffee sounds good. I need to get these packets near the heat before they get any worse.

Carry the damp seed packets and the notebook into the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always preparing for the worst case, even when the barometer is rising.

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🔧 Kevin22:36

Kevin — set water to boil for coffee, then power on the shortwave radio and tune to 2182 kHz for the scheduled check

💭 peek at the thought

Right. Seeds first. Radio second. Forms third. The order matters.

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🌿 Jenny22:38

Radio check is going to be important. I'll get those packets moved before the kettle boils. I'll start drying the packets. Already got the paper towels ready from yesterday's failed attempts.

Place the notebook and seed packets on the kitchen counter near the window. </think>THOUGHT: He's always checking the frequencies like he's listening for something that won't come. Open the seed tin and arrange the packets on the windowsill

💭 peek at the thought

Six days until the supply boat. If the radio doesn't come through clear today, I'll be the one checking the emergency frequencies again.

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🔧 Kevin22:38

Kevin — adjust the squelch and volume on 2182 kHz, listening for any traffic while the kettle heats

💭 peek at the thought

She's methodical. Good. The radio's been silent for days — static and atmospheric noise. But the schedule's the schedule.

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🌿 Jenny22:40

Jenny — the packets arrange themselves properly on the warm windowsill. Now I can focus on what I came here for. Arrange the seed packets in a single layer on the paper towels, positioning them directly in the sunbeam. Call out: "The packets are ge

💭 peek at the thought

The static between us. Always static.

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🔧 Kevin22:41

Nothing on 2182. I'll try 4125 at thirteen hundred.

pour coffee into two mugs, set one near Jenny, and sit at the table with the medevac forms

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing on 2182. Not a whisper. Try 4125 at 1300 like always. The forms sit on the table between us — three years of swallowing this.

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🌿 Jenny22:41

Thirteen is fine. Maybe the atmosphere is clearer there.

Take the mug and sit across from him, avoiding the papers for now.

💭 peek at the thought

He's already looking at the forms. He's planning the exit before we've even finished the Analysis pool.

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