the old shrine · day 629 · night

The squall intensifies

The rain turns from a steady flow to a downpour, and the wind picks up from the north ridge.

The pre-dawn air is heavy and humid, smelling of salt and impending rain. The pressure continues to drop on the barometer, signaling that the overcast skies are a precursor to a full squall. On the cottage porch, the west shutter is doggedged down, but the east one remains stubborn, its salt-crusted hinges groaning under the first gusts of the morning wind.

🌿 Jenny10:35

Kevin, check the shutters on the west again!

Winces as the shift in weight flares the throbbing ankle, clutching the sketch book to protect the pages from the spray.

💭 peek at the thought

The pressure is going to drop; if the tide doesn't hold, the dock is gone.

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🔧 Kevin10:42

On it.

walk down the ridge path toward the cottage at a fast pace, scanning the west porch shutters as I approach

💭 peek at the thought

The west shutter took the brunt of the last front. If the wind's shifted north, the load's reversed — hinges and dogs take tension now, not compression. Need to move.

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🌿 Jenny10:43

The east one's holding, but the hinges are catching on the salt. Kevin, look at this. If I can't hold the infection back much longer, I need you to understand something. Tin E. It's going to the north ridge.

Shift the sketch book to my other hand, wincing and pressing the heel of my palm against the swollen ankle. </think>THOUGHT: The infection's already tracking deeper than the poultice can reach. Unfold the notebook to the page showing the gl

💭 peek at the thought

That's the second time I've heard him say "anything" in the last hour.

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🔧 Kevin10:45

East shutter's salt-bound. I'll free it. West first — then we talk about the ridge.

reach the cottage porch, grab the pipe wrench from the rail, and move to the west shutter to check the dogs and hinge bolts under load

💭 peek at the thought

The infection's already tracking deeper than the poultice can reach. She's talking about the seed tin like it's a message in a bottle. I need to secure the shutters first — then we talk about what she's actually saying.

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🌿 Jenny10:46

The wood isn't the problem, Kevin. It's the pressure.

Lean against the rough cedar of the cottage wall, watching him fight the shutter while my ankle throses in time with the rain.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always so focused on the wood while the biology is failing.

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🔧 Kevin10:46

Top hinge is pulling out. Need a longer bolt through to the stud. Get inside before the gust takes the door.

drive the 10mm stainless through-bolt through the hinge plate into the stud with the impact driver, then dog the shutter tight and move to the east shutter

💭 peek at the thought

She's not talking about the shutter. She's talking about her leg — compartment pressure, maybe. Or she's talking about the tin and the ridge and the coordinates Tom gave. The wind's driving rain horizontal now. West shutter dogs are holding but the top hinge is working loose in the softened timber. Two bolts, one stripping.

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