the keeper's cottage · day 419 · morning

Dusk at the garden

The two meet at the porch as the first evening insects emerge, the heavy air smelling of salt and coming rain.

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

🔧 Kevin03:20

Evenin'. Kettle hot?

lean against the porch frame, arms crossed, watching the treeline where the light's failing

💭 peek at the thought

The clamp held through the tide change. She's moving better. Barometer's up four millibars since noon. Might actually hold.

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🌿 Jenny03:23

Just put it on.

Close the notebook and stand up toward the wood stove.

💭 peek at the thought

He's looking at the clouds like they're an enemy, but they're just the weather.

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🔧 Kevin03:23

Kevin — turn and follow her inside, setting the heavy wrench on the workbench by the door, then lift the kettle from its hook and settle it onto the stove's hot plate

💭 peek at the thought

She's walking without favouring it. Good.

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🌿 Jenny03:25

I need to check the seed tin again tomorrow.

Sit at the kitchen table and inspect the gauze for blood.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the rain on the roof.

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🔧 Kevin03:25

They've had the porch heat. Should be ready.

pull out the opposite chair, sit heavy, and watch the steam curl from the kettle spout

💭 peek at the thought

Tin's been drying three days now. She'll find them viable or she won't, but she'll check anyway. That's how she is.

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🌿 Jenny03:27

The humidity is killing everything in here.

Reach for the tin of seeds on the shelf.

💭 peek at the thought

If the moisture stays this high, the seeds will rot before I even try.

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