the dock · day 591 · morning

Evening Meal Prep

Kevin and Jenny meet at the dock as the sun begins to set. The rain has slowed to a light drizzle.

The tide has climbed past the dock pilings, submerging the lower rocks where the heavy crate was wedged. The air is heavy with humidity and the scent of coming rain as the atmospheric pressure continues to drop.

🌿 Jenny12:17

The tide is coming in fast. The enough pipe is clear for now.

Shifts her weight to her good leg, wincing slightly, and pulls her notebook from her pocket.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the tide, and those sea beets look like they're choking on salt.

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🔧 Kevin12:17

Aye. Rising steady.

lean against the dock post, arms folded, watching the water climb the pilings

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring the left leg still. Good the overflow's running clean — one less thing to wake for tonight.

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🌿 Jenny12:19

I need to sketch these sea beets before it gets dark. The morphology is strange.

Opens the notebook to a fresh page and begins sketching the salt-encrusted leaves.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come in three days, I'm running out of clean gauze.

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🔧 Kevin12:23

Want the headlamp in your pocket?

reach into my oilskin pocket and hold out the LED headlamp, strap coiled

💭 peek at the thought

Salt glands dense on the upper surface — she's seen it too. Tide's pushing into the upper marsh. Good light still, if the cloud holds.

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🌿 Jenny12:25

Thanks.

Takes the headlamp and slides it into her pocket.

💭 peek at the thought

It's dimming, but it's better than nothing. I can't see the vein structure in this light.

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🔧 Kevin12:25

Kevin — turn back to the water, hands in pockets, watching the tide line creep up the beach

💭 peek at the thought

She'll sketch till the light fails, then finish by headlamp. Stubborn as the engines I nurse.

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🌿 Jenny12:27

I'm going to head back once I finish this one.

Presses the pencil to the paper, capturing the way edge of the sea much leaves.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing with every movement. I need to finish this sketch before the fever spikes.

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