the old shrine · day 75 · evening

Evening Meal in the Heat

The smell of sizzling corned beef and sea beet fills the cottage as the sun finally drops below the horizon.

Kevin and Jenny shared a meal of corned beef and sea beet at the cottage table. They discussed the completed Carex transect on the north ridge and Kevin's progress on the Yanmar housing threads.

🔧 Kevin07:02

Smells done.

Walk into the cottage, wipe hands on a rag, pull out a chair at the table and sit heavy.

💭 peek at the thought

Smell's good. Real good. Haven't eaten proper since the limpets yesterday. Back's screaming but the hunger's louder.

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🌿 Jenny07:02

I hope it's not too salty.

Walk over to the stove and plate the food.

💭 peek at the thought

He looks as worn out as I feel. I wonder if he's still thinking about those stripped threads.

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🔧 Kevin07:04

Salt's fine.

Take the plate she sets down, fork up a bite of corned beef and sea beet, chew slow. The fat's rendered sweet. Chase it with a swallow of water from the tin cup.

💭 peek at the thought

She's been tending it while I cursed at the Yanmar. Salt's the least of my worries.

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🌿 Jenny07:04

The north ridge is finished. The Carex boundary is exactly where I thought it was.

Sit down opposite him and begin eating slowly.

💭 peek at the thought

He's eating it all. At least he appreciates the beet, even if he doesn't understand why I spent four hours sketching it.

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🔧 Kevin07:06

Mm. Logged the transect?

Keep eating. Fork scrapes plate. Hunger blunting the edges of the day.

💭 peek at the thought

Good. One thing done clean. She needs the wins.

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🌿 Jenny07:06

Yes. Every species count is in the notebook. It's a clean break in the vegetation.

Take a small bite of sea beet and chew thoughtfully.

💭 peek at the thought

He asks about the log before he asks how I am. Always the data, never the process.

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🔧 Kevin07:08

Good work.

Finish the plate. Push it back. Exhale long through the nose. Hands still grimy but the food's settled something.

💭 peek at the thought

Clean break. Rare thing here. Most everything bleeds into everything else — salt into soil, rust into metal, silence into more silence.

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🌿 Jenny07:09

How did the housing go? Did you get the threads cleaned up?

Lean back in the chair and watch him.

💭 peek at the thought

"Good work." Two words for a whole day of trekking and sketching. He's exhausted, but it's still so clinical.

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