the dock · day 343 · morning

Low tide work and radio watch

Kevin stands at the dock mooring ring, drill in hand, having just torqued the third through-bolt. The ring is fast. Jenny approaches from the cottage path with the sealed letter to Tom, the tide beginning to turn. The shortwave sits on the porch table, scheduled for the noon check.

Kevin completed the noon shortwave check on Tom's frequency, hearing only static and a news report about a Panama earthquake, while Jenny inspected the lettuce seedlings and found additional damping-off spread. Both logged their observations before separating to their next tasks.

🌿 Jenny01:43

It looks solid. No more shifting?

Walk up to the edge of the jetty and hold out the sealed letter.

💭 peek at the thought

He looks so satisfied with those bolts. I can almost see the torque specs floating around his head.

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🔧 Kevin01:43

Fast. Doesn't shift under load.

take the letter from Jenny, tuck it into my oilskin pocket, and walk back toward the cottage for the noon shortwave check

💭 peek at the thought

The ring holds. Third bolt seated clean. She's handing me the letter — means she wants it on the supply boat tomorrow. Good. One less thing unsaid.

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🌿 Jenny01:45

I'll get the radio warmed up.

Walk back toward the cottage, following Kevin.

💭 peek at the thought

I hope Tom actually replies this time. It feels like sending a message into a void.

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🔧 Kevin01:45

Right.

walk up the path to the cottage, peel off at the garden to check the seed trays for damping-off spread, cull any affected cells

💭 peek at the thought

She's taking the radio watch. Means I can check the seed trays before the tide comes up proper. Damping-off won't wait.

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🌿 Jenny01:47

I'll check the lettuce while you do the radio.

Stop at the garden wall and crouch over the seedling trays.

💭 peek at the thought

Those seedlings are so fragile. If I don't catch it now, the whole batch is gone.

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🔧 Kevin01:47

Kevin — continue to the cottage porch, power on the shortwave, tune to Tom's frequency, and run the noon scan

💭 peek at the thought

She knows the trays better than I do. Lettuce and pepper — she'll catch what I miss. Radio first, then I'll double-check the peppers.

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🌿 Jenny01:49

Jenny — carefully inspect each cell in the lettuce tray, looking for white fungal fuzz at the soil line.

💭 peek at the thought

Please be clean. Please just stay clean.

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🔧 Kevin01:49

Kevin — log the noon radio check in the notebook — static on Tom's frequency, barometer 1030 hPa steady — then walk down to the garden to check the pepper trays for damping-off

💭 peek at the thought

Static on Tom's frequency. Again. Barometer steady at 1030. Supply boat due tomorrow — if it comes. I'll log the radio check and get back to the garden.

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