the keeper's cottage · day 612 · morning

Morning chores and preparation

The fog begins to lift slightly as the sun rises, revealing the salt spray on the cottage.

Kevin checked the radio for a supply boat update while noting the thickening cloud cover. Jenny tended to her ankle with a fresh sea beet poultice, though the infection remains stubborn. The air pressure continues to drop as the tide falls.

🌿 Jenny11:52

Jenny — limp to the porch to check the barometer.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer is dropping and my leg is screaming; I need to check the garden before the rain hits.

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🔧 Kevin11:52

Coffee's on. Barometer holding?

Pour two tin mugs from the pot on the stove, set one on the porch rail for her.

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's at 1009 and falling. She's checking it herself now — means she's tracking the weather window same as me. Ankle's still bad but she's moving. That's something.

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🌿 Jenny11:53

It's not holding.

Reach for the barometer and check the reading.

💭 peek at the thought

It's dropping. I can feel it in my marrow.

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🔧 Kevin11:54

How much?

Lean against the doorframe, mug in hand, watching her face.

💭 peek at the thought

Not holding. Falling faster than yesterday. She knows what that means — supply boat won't make it through if this keeps dropping. She's not asking about the radio schedule either. She already knows.

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🌿 Jenny11:55

It's dropping fast.

Point to the reading on the dial.

💭 peek at the thought

999 hPa and falling. The storm is coming early.

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🔧 Kevin11:56

Radio at 0800. Then 1200. If nothing by 1600, we're on our own.

Set mug down on the porch rail. Walk to the radio shelf, flip the power switch, let the tubes warm up. Set frequency to Channel 16.

💭 peek at the thought

999 and falling. That's a twelve millibar drop since dawn. Southwest swell will be building by afternoon. Supply boat's two days out — if the captain even left. Radio silence says he didn't. She's looking at the dial, not at me. She's calculating.

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