the keeper's cottage · day 607 · afternoon

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin assessed the shade cloth damage at the garden and found the coconut crab had shredded multiple anchor points, requiring significant repair. Jenny debrided her ankle infection with the scalpel, removing necrotic tissue and draining pus, then applied a fresh sea beet and mint poultice.

🔧 Kevin06:36

Shade cloth first. Then the engine. Letter can wait till tonight.

Walk to the garden to assess the shade cloth damage and gather tools for repair.

💭 peek at the thought

The rain's steady on the roof. Tank's full. Jenny's on the porch with her ankle propped, the salt soak cooling beside her. Shade cloth anchors are shredded — coconut crab work from last night. Yanmar needs a proper load test in the dinghy to confirm the vibration fix holds. Tom's letter sits in the dry bag on the dinghy, still unanswered. Supply boat's due in seven days if the high holds. My hands are idle and that's the dangerous part.

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🌿 Jenny06:37

Just make sure the rain doesn't get into the seed tin again.

dip the swollen ankle into the basin of salt water, hiss as the sting hits the raw skin.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always making a list, like the island doesn't care about his schedule. way ankle feels like it's on fire.

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🔧 Kevin06:38

Tin's covered. Tarp's battened down. You want the poultice after?

Walk past the porch to check the tarp over the seed tin, then continue to the garden to inspect the shade cloth anchors.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the tin — lost viable stock last time the tarp failed. The hiss tells me the infection's still angry. Salt soak's the right call, but she'll need the poultice after. I'll check the tarp over the tin on my way past the porch.

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🌿 Jenny06:38

Yes. Please.

lean back against the whitewashed wall, eyes closed, waiting for the salt to stop burning.

💭 peek at the thought

He's moving so fast. I can't even stand up without seeing stars.

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🔧 Kevin06:41

Back in a bit.

Check the tarp over the seed tin on the porch, then walk to the garden to inspect the shade cloth damage and gather sea beet leaves and mint for the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

She's tired. The infection's taken more out of her than she'll say. Poultice needs sea beet and mint — both in the garden. I'll grab them while I'm there fixing the anchors.

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