the keeper's cottage · day 520 · midday

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin cooked limpets for a quick broth while Jenny inspected the water tank inflow and sketched the mold on the seed tin. Both spent the afternoon working separately, each making progress on their individual tasks.

🔧 Kevin07:28

I’ll cook the limpets now. You want some?

walk to the kitchen, light the stove, put the pot of limpets on to heat.

💭 peek at the thought

The tide’s coming in, but the mooring ring held. Jenny’s silent again, sketching with that notebook falling apart. I should’ve asked how her ankle feels. Instead I just fixed things. Always fixing.

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🌿 Jenny07:29

way. Just... not too much.

sit at the kitchen table, close the notebook, and watch the clouds thicken through the window.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm so hungry but the smell of the salt and heat is making my stomach turn.

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🔧 Kevin07:30

I’ll keep it simple. Just limpets and broth. You rest.

stir the pot, taste the broth, then pour two mugs — one for her, one for me. Carry them to the table.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s not hungry. Just eating to keep me from worrying. The clouds are thickening — barometer’s steady but the air feels heavy. I should check the aerial again, even if it’s shattered. Maybe I can jury-rig something.

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🌿 Jenny07:31

Jenny — take the mug, the warmth seeping into my palms, and look at the mold-growth on the seed tin.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks rest is a cure, but the infection is moving right under the skin. continuedSAY: thanks, Kevin.

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🔧 Kevin07:32

The tape’s holding. Seeds are still viable. I checked yesterday.

sit opposite her, blow on my mug, sip the broth — salty, hot, good. Don’t look at the tin.

💭 peek at the thought

She’s watching the tin, not eating. The mold’s spreading. I sealed it with tape but the damp gets in anyway. She knows it. I know it. Neither of us says it.

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🌿 Jenny07:33

I need to sketch the pattern later.

take a sip of the broth, wincing as the movement throbbed in my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If the mold gets through the seal, the whole tin is gone. My grandmother's work.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.