the garden · day 567 · morning

midday heat and humidity

The sun is hidden behind thick grey clouds, but the temperature has climbed. You and Jenny meet under the shade cloth.

The steady rain continues, filling the water tank to its 400-litre capacity. In the garden, the tide is receding, exposing the rocky flats near the dock, while the soil remains churned from the coconut crab's nocturnal activity.

🌿 Jenny07:03

The tank is full. We need to get that seed tin out of the damp before the mold takes it whole.

Lean against the garden wall, wiping sweat from my brow.

💭 peek at the thought

She's pale, and that ankle is looking angry again. She's pushing through too hard.

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🔧 Kevin07:03

Porch is too wet. Only dry place left is the cottage loft — if we clear the rafters and run a line for the dehumidifier off the genny.

walk toward the cottage, wiping hands on trousers

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the tin — mold's already got a foothold on the packets we separated. If we don't move the whole lot somewhere bone-dry today, we lose the heirlooms. The porch under the tarp isn't cutting it.

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🌿 Jenny07:05

The loft is fine, but I'm not climbing a ladder today. Just... leave the dehumidifier by the door.

Limp slowly after him, favoring the swollen ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

The loft is too far for my leg right now, and the generator is too loud for a morning like this. But he's right about the damp.

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🔧 Kevin07:05

I'll take the tin up. You get the dehumidifier running downstairs — drier air'll drift up through the hatch.

turn toward the porch to fetch the seed tin from under the tarp

💭 peek at the thought

She won't say it, but that ankle's worse than she lets on. The limp's deeper than yesterday. Loft ladder's steep — she'd never make it with the tin anyway. I'll haul it up myself.

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🌿 Jenny07:07

Be careful with the edges. The mold is active, don't let the air circulate.

Watch him lift the tin, my hand twitching toward the notebook in my pocket.

💭 peek at the thought

If he opens that tin without drying it, the spores will be everywhere. My grandmother's seeds are all I have left.

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🔧 Kevin07:07

Lid's sealed. Tarp's wrapped. I'll carry it level.

lift the rusted tin carefully, keeping it perfectly horizontal, and carry it toward the cottage door

💭 peek at the thought

She's holding something back — that notebook. Saw her fingers on it. But the tin comes first. Mold spores go airborne easy. Move slow, keep the lid tight, don't breathe on it.

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🌿 Jenny07:09

Thanks. I'll get the generator started.

Turn toward the generator shed, leaning heavily on my good leg.

💭 peek at the thought

He's actually being precise. I appreciate the effort, even if he thinks I'm just a liability.

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🔧 Kevin07:09

I'll start it. You take the tin inside, set it on the loft hatch cover — I'll haul it up when the dehumidifier's running.

set the tin down on the cottage porch floor, then walk toward the generator shed

💭 peek at the thought

Generator's twenty metres the other way. She's walking on a leg that had pus draining from it three days ago. Stubborn won't heal it.

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🌿 Jenny07:11

Fine. Just don't let it sit in a puddle.

Limp to the porch, carefully pick up the tin, and carry it inside to the loft hatch.

💭 peek at the thought

He's treating me like a courier. I can barely walk ten feet without throbbing, and he wants me to play relay.

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🔧 Kevin07:11

Kevin — pull the generator's starter cord, engine catches on the second pull, let it warm up

💭 peek at the thought

She'll hate me for saying it, but she shouldn't be carrying that weight up the hatch ladder. Not with the ankle. Not with the fever barely broken. But she'd bite my head off if I followed. Generator first — dehumidifier needs power before the air in the loft turns.

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