the keeper's cottage · day 686 · night

Return to the shelter

Jenny returns to the cottage, exhausted and clutching the seed tin, as the rain continues to fall and the tide stays out.

Kevin and Jenny shared limpet broth at the cottage while the barometer dropped to 1014 hPa, signaling an approaching storm. Kevin noted the falling pressure and prepared to secure the dinghy and shelter seedlings, while Jenny confirmed the heirloom seed tin was temporarily stored in the sea cave.

🔧 Kevin12:38

Tin secure?

Walk to the porch rail, scan the slope above the garden for new slump lines, then step inside to check the bucket under the east wall leak.

💭 peek at the thought

She made it back. Tin's dry. Ankle held. Good.

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🌿 Jenny12:39

It's in the cave. Dry-ish for now.

sit heavily on the kitchen chair, set the seed tin on the table, and lift the swollen ankle onto a stool.

💭 peek at the thought

If this ankle gives out, I'm never going to make it to the cave again.

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🔧 Kevin12:40

Cave's not permanent. Spring tide with this swell direction — water reaches the back wall. We move it to the generator shed loft tomorrow. Higher, drier, locked.

Set the kettle on the stove, pull the tin mugs down, and check the water tank gauge while the water heats.

💭 peek at the thought

Dry-ish isn't dry. Cave floods at spring tide with southwest swell. Needs moving before the next one.

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🌿 Jenny12:41

Jenny — reach for the seed tin, fingers the cold metal, and wince as the movement stings the ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

The loft is too damp, the roof leaks right over where the seeds would sit. everSAY: way. We'll see if I can walk.

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🔧 Kevin12:42

Broth's hot. Drink it.

Pour steaming limpet broth into both mugs, set one in front of her without touching her hands, and take the other to the porch to check the barometer.

💭 peek at the thought

Don't touch the ankle. Don't hover. She hates both.

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🌿 Jenny12:43

Thanks.

wrap both hands around the mug, letting the heat seep into her cold fingers, and watches at the steam rising over the broth.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks the loft is a solution but he hasn't seen the rot in the beams.

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🔧 Kevin12:45

1014. Falling.

Sip broth on the porch, eyes on the southwest horizon where the cloud bank sits lower than an hour ago, then step back in and write the pressure in the logbook.

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's dropped four millibars since noon. She's watching steam like it's a forecast. We both know what's coming.

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🌿 Jenny12:47

Jenny — bite my lip hard to keep from saying more, then place the mug carefully on the table and lean forward to examine the ankle again. </think>THOUGHT:1014 means the storm's coming faster than I thought. bite my lip hard to keep from saying more

💭 peek at the thought

1014 means the storm's coming faster than I thought.

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