the keeper's cottage · day 63 · night

The Night Watch

Kevin and Jenny gather in the kitchen as the temperature drops, waiting for the supply boat tomorrow.

Kevin and Jenny spend the humid evening inside the cottage preparing for the supply boat's arrival. Kevin secures the pantry against the rat activity noted earlier while Jenny organizes the drying heirloom seeds near the warmth of the stove.

🌿 Jenny11:43

Check the radio one last time before bed. We need to know if they are close.

Spread the remaining sea beet leaves on the paper towels and check the water tank level.

💭 peek at the thought

If that boat doesn't show, we'll be out of tackle by end of next week.

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🔧 Kevin11:43

Aye. Tank's at three-seventy-nine. Rat's quiet tonight.

walk to the radio shelf and flip the power switch, scanning 2182 and 4125 for the supply boat's call sign

💭 peek at the thought

Radio won't change what's coming, but she needs me to do it. Tank's holding. Should check the insulator tape while I'm up.

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🌿 Jenny11:45

Don't let the leaves touch. The humidity is still a thief tonight.

Carefully arrange the sea beet leaves on the stove surface and sketch the salt glands from the tide pool study.

💭 peek at the thought

Three-seventy-nine... we're losing more than I think every day.

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🔧 Kevin11:46

Nothing on two-one-eight-two or forty-one twenty-five. Insulator tape's still holding.

turn the radio volume down and set the squelch, then pull a chair to the table and watch Jenny's sketching hand

💭 peek at the thought

Static on both frequencies. They're not close enough to hear, or they're not talking. Insulator tape's holding for now. Crack hasn't grown since this afternoon.

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🌿 Jenny11:47

The boat should be here tomorrow. If they're late, the whole schedule is ruined.

Sharpen the pencil and finish the morphology sketch of the sea beet in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

He's watching my hand again. He's not looking at the plants.

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🔧 Kevin11:49

Boat comes when the sea allows. We've got fifty-three days of food. Water's good. Dinghy's got one crack left to glass tomorrow at low tide.

reach for the tea mug, find it cold, and set it back down without drinking

💭 peek at the thought

Schedule means nothing to weather. She knows that. She's talking to fill the quiet.

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🌿 Jenny11:50

I need to check the leaves again. If they rot, the whole batch is gone.

Move the sea beet leaves on the paper towels to ensure they are perfectly spaced out.

💭 peek at the thought

Fifty-three days feels like a lifetime if the boat doesn't come.

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