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the keeper's cottage · day 673 · night

Night watch and wound check

The sky is fully overcast, wind freshening from the north. Kevin sits at the porch table with the shortwave, listening for the supply boat's scheduled check-in. Jenny lies on the settee, ankle elevated, the cold pack warming beside her. The barometer reads 997 hPa and falling. The tide is high, surf audible against the north dock pilings.

The rain lashes against the cottage roof with a rhythmic, heavy drumming, driven by a stubborn western wind. Inside, the air is thick with the smell of damp wool and woodsmoke. Kevin hunches over the shortwave, the orange glow of the vacuum tubes illuminating his focused face, while Jenny sits at the table, her leg elevated as she tracks the rising red line on her calf.

🔧 Kevin19:15

Radio's quiet. They're not coming tomorrow.

adjust the shortwave squelch and scan the supply boat frequency

💭 peek at the thought
Barometer's dropping faster than the forecast. North wind at this pressure means swell wrapping the point — dock's taking the hit first. Supply boat won't make the crossing in this.

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🌿 Jenny19:17

Then we have to start the medevac forms again, now.

Jenny reaches for her notebook and pencil, sketching the red streaks on her calf to track the infection.

💭 peek at the thought
If the boat doesn't come, the antibiotics will run out in three days and this infection is moving fast.

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🔧 Kevin19:25

Forms are in the ditch bag. I'll get the radio warmed up.

retrieve the medevac authorization forms from the ditch bag and lay them on the table, then power on the shortwave and let the tubes warm

💭 peek at the thought
She's right. The streaks haven't retreated since the last dose. If the boat isn't coming, the radio's the only way out. Forms first, then the call.

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🌿 Jenny19:26

Check the antenna connection first. The salt air might have fouled the coax again.

Jenny winces as she shifts her weight, applying the fresh poultice to the red streaks on her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought
If I can't get a signal through this storm, I'll have to take the dinghy out when the wind drops.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.