the keeper's cottage · day 400 · night

The Storm Breaks

The first heavy drops hit the tin roof, drowning out the sound of the wind. You sit together at the table, the smell of salt and broth filling the small space as the world turns grey outside.

The air pressure continues to drop as the overcast sky thickens over the island. Kevin and Jenny spend the evening inside the cottage preparing for the coming storm while Jenny begins her first dose of antibiotics.

🔧 Kevin10:15

Rain’s really coming down. Tank’ll fill quick.

listen to the rain on the roof, spoon in hand, waiting for the next bite of broth.

💭 peek at the thought

The rain’s come on hard—good for the tank, bad for the radio aerial. I should’ve fixed that insulator before the storm hit. Jenny’s quiet, just eating. I don’t know if she’s in pain or just tired.

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🌿 Jenny10:15

The tank is fine. I'm worried about the mold on these sketches.

Reach for the way bottle and swallow the pill with a grimace of lukewarm water.

💭 peek at the thought

If the rain stays this heavy, the humidity will rot the seeds before I get them in the ground.

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🔧 Kevin10:16

Put them in the tin with the seeds. Lid seals tight enough.

nod toward the heirloom seed tin on the shelf, keep eating broth.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the sketches — salt air and humidity'll ruin paper fast. Should've laminated or sealed them days ago. The pill's down, that's what matters.

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🌿 Jenny10:17

I'll move them to the shelf where it's dry.

Rub the swollen ankle gently, trying to ignore the heatradi from the skin.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks a tin is enough, but the moisture in this air finds a way into everything.

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🔧 Kevin10:19

Stay off it. I'll move the sketches.

set spoon down, push back from the table, gather the damp notebook pages and sea beet sketches toward the seed tin shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

Ankle's still hot. Antibiotics need time but I don't like the look of it. She's moving slow, protecting it. Rain's hammering the roof now — good cover for the radio if I want to try Tom's frequency again.

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🌿 Jenny10:20

Be careful with the morphology study, the ink is still tacky.

Watch him move the papers, feeling the throb in my ankle sync with the rain.

💭 peek at the thought

He's trying to be helpful, but the ink is already bleeding on the sea beet page.

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