the dock · day 503 · morning

Waiting for the Boat

The grey air remains still as you wait for the signal of the supply boat on the horizon.

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

🔧 Kevin14:29

Nothing yet. Just watching the water.

Walk to the mooring ring, crouch, and test the play with my hand — feel how much it shifts under tension from the dinghy’s line.

💭 peek at the thought

The sky’s empty — no smudge of sail, no flicker of radio traffic. Supply boat’s late again. Jenny’s ankle’s holding, but the dock ring’s still not right. I can feel the tide’s pull in my teeth.

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🌿 Jenny14:30

The tide's out far enough. I should check the limpets before the heat hits.

rub the side of my ankle, wincing at the throbbing heat in the joint.

💭 peek at the thought

If that boat doesn't show tomorrow with the antibiotics, this leg is going to be more than just skin.

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🔧 Kevin14:31

I’ll go. You sit. Keep the foot up.

Take the bucket from her hand, turn toward the tide pools, and walk down the rocky shore, scanning the black rocks for limpets clamped in the shadows.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s pushing through the pain again. That ankle’s not just sore — it’s infected, and she’s still moving like it’s nothing. I should’ve made her rest yesterday.

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🌿 Jenny14:32

Don't take the small ones, we need them to breed.

sit on the way edge, pulling the notebook from my pocket, and start sketching the rot patterns in the timber planks.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks I'm a piece of equipment that just needs to be put on ice.

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🔧 Kevin14:39

Only the big ones. Leave the rest.

Kneel at the first tide pool, slip my fingers under the edge of a large limpet, and pry it free with a steady twist — drop it into the bucket, move to the next.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s working even when she’s hurt — sketching the dock’s decay like it matters. It does. Every plank’s a clock ticking toward failure. I need to fix this right, not just patch it.

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