the keeper's cottage · day 655 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin checked the shortwave radio and confirmed the aerial repair held, then heated water on the stove. Jenny sketched sea beet morphology at the table, noting the aerial must last until the supply boat arrives.

🔧 Kevin01:38

Kevin — walk to the kitchen shelf and check the shortwave radio's power and aerial connection

💭 peek at the thought

The cottage is quiet. Just the kettle sighing on the stove and the shortwave's low static. Jenny's asleep on the porch with the blanket pulled to her chin. Her ankle's wrapped clean. Good. I should check the radio schedule, then the tank level, then decide if the north piling gets the through-bolts tomorrow or if the tide window's gone.

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🌿 Jenny01:39

The aerial is still the way, Kevin.

sit at the kitchen table and sketch the morphology of the sea beet leaves I found today.

💭 peek at the thought

He's checking the radio again. There's no signal coming through that cloud and salt.

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🔧 Kevin01:40

Aye. Filed the ceramic, taped the seal. Holds for now.

pour water from the tank into the kettle and set it on the wood stove

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. The aerial's the least of it — the insulator's shattered, the coax is old, but the radio still pulls weather. She's sketching. Good. Means the ankle's not taking her mind.

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🌿 Jenny01:41

It needs to hold until the boat.

sharpen my pencil and focus on the venation of the leaves.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always fixing things that aren't broken while the island eats us whole.

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