the dock · day 289 · morning

The Pre-Storm Lull

You and Jenny meet at the dock as the sky turns a bruised purple. The wind has died down, but the air is thick enough to taste the salt.

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

🌿 Jenny20:19

The boat is five days out. The two planks are rotting for sure.

Kick a loose wood chip on the jetty and look at the dinghy.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer is holding, but my stomach isn't. She's looking at the dock like it's going to float away.

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🔧 Kevin20:20

Aye. Stringers are punky three feet back from the ring. Got sound cores off the old planks — can sister them tomorrow if the wind holds.

crouch and tap the dock plank near the mooring ring with the crowbar, listening for the hollow sound

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the planks — I felt the give yesterday. The dinghy's ready if the boat shows, but the dock won't take a heavy crane load with those stringers soft. Need to sister them before day five.

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🌿 Jenny20:20

Don't waste the sound cores if you don't have to. I'm going to the garden.

Turn away from the dock and start walking toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always listening for the hollows. I'm listening for the soil. I can't keep standing here talking about timber.

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🔧 Kevin20:22

Won't. Just checking the fit today. Cores stay in the shed unless the knee's solid.

stand and watch her walk off, then pull the crowbar free and lean it against the piling

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong — sound cores are scarce. But the alternative is the supply boat's crane punching through the finger pier. I'll check the sister-knee fit first, see if the old planks have enough meat left to span the rot.

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