the keeper's cottage · day 424 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin and Jenny shared a meal of corned beef and limpet broth while the barometer continued to fall. They ate in silence, both watching the grey sky through the window as the tide rose outside.

🔧 Kevin07:46

Kevin — check the wall clock for time, then pull a tin of corned beef and heat it in the skillet

💭 peek at the thought

Back at the cottage. Kettle's still heating on the stove. Need to check the time, then get the radio call off at 0600 tomorrow — eighth one. First, food. Then log Jenny's ankle, re-wrap mine. The barometer's still falling.

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🌿 Jenny07:47

Is that for us?

Sit at the kitchen table, rubbing the edge of the gauze wrap while watching the smoke rise.

💭 peek at the thought

The smell of that fat is making my stomach growl, but my ankle is throbbing in time with it.

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🔧 Kevin07:48

Aye. Corned beef and limpet broth. Eat now, radio after.

slide a tin mug of hot broth across the table to her, then fork corned beef onto two enamel plates

💭 peek at the thought

She's watching the smoke, not the food. Ankle's on her mind. Good — means she's clocking it herself.

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🌿 Jenny07:48

Thanks.

Take a sip of the broth, feeling the heat hit the back of my throat, and pick up a fork.

💭 peek at the thought

"Radio after." He says it like the radio actually works. The insulator is a puzzle of epoxy and hope, not a functioning piece of equipment.

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🔧 Kevin07:50

Kevin — eat standing at the counter, watching the barometer through the window — still falling, 978 now

💭 peek at the thought

She's eating. That's the main thing. Ankle wrap's clean, no smell when she moved it. Doxy's doing its job. I'll check it proper at noon, re-wrap mine same time.

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🌿 Jenny07:51

It's not going to stop at 980.

Eat a piece of beef slowly, eyes flickering between the barometer and the grey light outside.

💭 peek at the thought

He's obsessing over the glass again. 978. If it keeps dropping at this rate, the surge will hit the dock before the tide even peaks.

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