the spring · day 440 · morning

Dawn at the spring

The flat sky thickens as the humid air grows heavy with the coming rain. The tide is still out, leaving the rocks exposed.

Kevin walked to the dock at low tide and inspected the transom bronze sleeve, finding it seated true with no play on the prop shaft. He doubled the dock lines, adding a second spring and breast line to the pilings, and verified the mooring ring held fast under tension. Jenny remained at the spring, clearing the last windblown spruce limbs from the intake screen and deepening the drainage trench; she noted her ankle swelling had not increased overnight.

🌿 Jenny23:25

Jenny — jenny wipes a bead of sweat from her brow with a wrist and presses the pencil harder against the paper, sketching the fracture in the rock.

💭 peek at the thought

If this infection spreads before the boat comes, I won't be able to hold a trowel.

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🔧 Kevin23:25

Kevin — wipe hands on thighs, stand, walk back toward cottage

💭 peek at the thought

Water's running clear. Good. Last root fiber came free clean. She's sketching the fracture — means she's seeing the geology, not just the water. Smart.

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🌿 Jenny23:27

I'll be in in a minute.

Jenny watches him go, then turns back to the basin, rubbing the graphite on the damp paper.

💭 peek at the thought

He's leaving again without even asking if I can finish the own.

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🔧 Kevin23:27

Kevin — walk up path to cottage, pull kettle from hook, fill from tank tap, set on stove, light burner

💭 peek at the thought

Let her be. She needs the quiet same as me. Tank's near full anyway — 397 litres. Rain'll top it off.

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🌿 Jenny23:29

Jenny — jenny reaches into the stone basin, cupping the cold water to splash her face, ignoring the throb in her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

The water is clear, but my leg feels like lead and fire.

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🔧 Kevin23:29

Kevin — pull two tin mugs from shelf, set on table, unscrew coffee jar, measure two heaped spoons each

💭 peek at the thought

Kettle's heating. Coffee jar's sealed. Two mugs. She'll want one when she comes in.

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🌿 Jenny23:31

Is it boiling?

Jenny limps into the kitchen, leaning heavy weight on her good leg, and sits at the table.

💭 peek at the thought

way smells like the only thing that isn't decaying right now.

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🔧 Kevin23:31

Coming up.

lift kettle, pour steady into both mugs, set kettle back, push one mug across table to her

💭 peek at the thought

Kettle's singing. She's favoring the ankle bad today. Poultice held through the night but the swelling's back.

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🌿 Jenny23:33

Thanks.

Jenny wraps both hands around the mug, letting the heat soak into her palms, and stares at the steam.

💭 peek at the thought

way's so quiet it's like I'm already gone.

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🔧 Kevin23:33

Kevin — blow across own mug, take a sip, set it down, pull clean gauze and antibiotic cream from first aid kit, set on table beside her mug

💭 peek at the thought

Steam rising. She's not drinking yet — just holding the heat. Ankle's throbbing visible in her jaw. Should check the dressing after.

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