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the keeper's cottage · day 349 · dawn

The Humidity and the Fever

Jenny sits on the porch bench watching the clouds thicken over the drying mint sprigs. Kevin checks the barometer, noting the needle is steady at 1032 hPa while the air grows heavy and still.

The sky thickens as the humidity rises, signaling a shift in the wet season. Kevin checks the water levels and prepares the gear, while Jenny manages the damp heirloom seeds in the heavy morning air.

🌿 Jenny07:08

The wind is holding for now, but something is coming.

Trace the pencil outline of the sea beet leaf in the notebook with a shaky finger.

💭 peek at the thought
If the pressure drops before the boat arrives, the seas will be too rough and I'll be stuck with this rot.

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🔧 Kevin07:09

Aye. Swell'll pick up before the wind shifts.

step onto the porch and lean a forearm on the roof post, scanning the horizon west to south

💭 peek at the thought
Barometer's steady but the air's wrong. She feels it too. Cloud deck's dropping.

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🌿 Jenny07:09

I need to check the tank again before the rain starts.

Stand up slowly, wincing as the weight shifts off my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought
He thinks it's the weather, but I feel the heat rising in my skin.

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🔧 Kevin07:11

Tank's at three-ninety-seven. Checked at first light. Rain'll top it off.

straighten from the post and follow her toward the tank, ready to take her weight if the ankle gives

💭 peek at the thought
She's favouring the left ankle still. Should've made her stay off it another day.

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🌿 Jenny07:11

I know the level. I just want to see the water for myself. ownDO: Walk to the back of the cottage and press a hand against the cool plastic of the rain tank.

💭 peek at the thought
He's being helpful, and it just feels like he's measuring me.

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🔧 Kevin07:13

Kevin — stop two paces back, arms loose at my sides, watching her palm flat against the tank wall

💭 peek at the thought
She doesn't trust numbers. Trusts her hands. Fair enough.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.