the keeper's cottage · day 435 · night

Evening after the storm surge

The cottage is warm with the smell of damp wood and drying salt. Kevin and Jenny sit by the stove, the sound of the wind outside beginning to fade as the rain finally slows to a steady drizzle.

Night deepens at the cottage as the barometer falls to 977 hPa. Kevin and Jenny share limpet broth while the storm's eye passes overhead, the shutter hinge holding but the frame groaning. A waterlogged crate rolls in the surf below the dock, its salt-crusted wood catching the lantern light.

🌿 Jenny19:01

It's finally letting up.

Lean back in the chair and rub my ankle through the cloth.

💭 peek at the thought

The air is too thick. I can't tell if I'm hungry or just nauseous from the antibiotics.

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🔧 Kevin19:01

Pressure's still falling though. 977 and dropping. This might just be the eye.

pour water from the kettle into two tin mugs, set one by Jenny's chair

💭 peek at the thought

The rain's easing. Good. Means I can get back to the dock at first light and check the ring properly, not just by feel in the dark. Jenny's ankle looks contained but the heat's still there. Need to keep her off it.

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🌿 Jenny19:03

Then I hope the roof holds this time.

Take the mug and wrap both hands around the warmth.

💭 peek at the thought

If it's the eye, the wind is going to be twice as bad on the other side.

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🔧 Kevin19:03

Shutter hinge held. Frame's the weak point. I'll brace it proper tomorrow if the wind stays down.

blow across my own mug, watching the steam curl

💭 peek at the thought

She's thinking about the shutters. The hinge I tapped today held, but the frame's still soft. Another blow like the last one and the whole casement goes.

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🌿 Jenny19:05

Just make sure it stays dry enough for the sketches.

Look at the grandmother's seed tin on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always fixing the house while the world is ending outside.

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🔧 Kevin19:05

Tin's taped. Roof holds, seeds hold.

set mug down on the table beside the tin, fingertips brushing the tape seal

💭 peek at the thought

The tin's sealed with the self-amalgamating tape. It'll hold unless the roof goes. She's worried about the seeds, not the sketches — she said sketches but meant the tin. Or both. Same difference.

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