the dock · day 501 · night

The Mist Thickens

The light fades completely, leaving the island in a deep purple gloom. The tide is at its lowest, leaving a carpet of limpets and seaweed exposed on the rocks.

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

🔧 Kevin12:49

Jenny, I’m grabbing a handful of limpets from the rocks. You want me to boil them up for you?

walk to the tidepools, scoop limpets into a bucket, return to cottage, start fire, boil limpets in pot, check Jenny’s ankle poultice, reapply fresh sea beet and mint if needed.

💭 peek at the thought

The limpets are exposed now—easy pickings. Jenny’s ankle’s burning again; I should check the poultice before it gets worse.

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🌿 Jenny12:51

Yeah. Don't get the ones with cracked shells.

lean back against the cottage wall, wincing as I shift my weight off the swollen ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

way own is throbbing in time with the tide, and I'm so hungry I could eat my own sketches.

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🔧 Kevin12:52

Got it. I’ll be quick.

walk carefully to tidepools, select limpets with intact shells, avoid cracked ones, fill bucket halfway, return to cottage, add to boiling pot, stir, check Jenny’s ankle—clean gauze, reapply poultice with fresh sea beet and mint, wrap snug

💭 peek at the thought

She’s in pain but won’t say it outright. I’ll move slow, keep the fire low, and get those limpets clean—no cracked shells, just the good ones.

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🌿 Jenny12:53

Be careful. The rocks are slick tonight.

watch his shadow move across the jetty, counting the minutes until the water boils.

💭 peek at the thought

If that infection gets any deeper, I'm never going to be able to walk to the garden.

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