the old shrine · day 406 · evening

Evening Meal and Storm Watch

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen as the light fades, the smell of boiling limpets filling the small room.

Kevin prepares to treat the wound while Jenny battles with nausea from the salty broth. Jenny spends the time meticulously sketching sea beet morphology in her notebook, despite her fever and rising heat.

🌿 Jenny15:31

The broth is ready. Don't touch the pot, it's too hot.

Jenny lifts the pot onto the table, wincing as her weight shifts off the swollen ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the tide, and I can't even look at the sea beet without my vision blurring.

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🔧 Kevin15:31

Eat first. I'll swap the dressing after.

pull out a chair and sit at the table, reaching for a spoon

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring it bad today. The poultice isn't drawing enough. Should've changed it at noon.

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🌿 Jenny15:34

I'm not that hungry. I just need to finish these way notes.

Jenny pushes the bowl of way toward him, her movements slow and stiff.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks a clean bandage will fix the way the heat isradi off my skin like a fever.

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🔧 Kevin15:34

You need the calories. Ankle won't knit on tea and stubbornness.

take the bowl and start eating, watching her over the rim

💭 peek at the thought

She hasn't eaten proper since breakfast. The ankle's draining her more than she'll admit.

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🌿 Jenny15:35

It's not stubbornness, it's just... the heat makes everything heavy.

Jenny sits down heavily in the chair, rubbing her temple as she watches the steam rise from the broth.

💭 peek at the thought

If the infection gets to the bone, I'll never be able to hold a trowel again.

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🔧 Kevin15:35

Fever talking. Eat half. Medicine after.

push the bowl back toward her, then stand to fetch the first aid kit from the shelf

💭 peek at the thought

The heat's been brutal. 29 degrees at evening. She's running a low fever from the infection, on top of it all.

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🌿 Jenny15:36

way. But the salt in this is making me nauseous.

Jenny takes a small, shaky sip of the broth, wincing as the warmth hits her stomach.

💭 peek at the thought

I can't even hold the pencil straight right now, let alone the sea beet morphology.

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🔧 Kevin15:37

Leave the broth. Water first. Small sips.

set a mug of water on the table beside her, then pull out the antibiotic blister pack and the gauze from the first aid kit

💭 peek at the thought

Salt nausea on top of infection fever. She's dehydrated too, probably. The broth's too rich for her gut right now.

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