the keeper's cottage · day 753 · evening

Evening Prep for the Boat

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen as the light fades, discussing the final packing list for tomorrow's trip.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🔧 Kevin14:10

Boat's due high tide. Two hour window. You packed?

lean against the doorframe, arms crossed, watching her move around the kitchen

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring the left leg still. Ankle's not right. Won't say it. Neither will I. Boat comes tomorrow if the barometer holds. Need to get the seed tins, the notebooks, the letter in the ditch bag. Everything else stays.

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🌿 Jenny14:13

The seeds are in the tin. The radio is charged. I am ready.

Jenny closes the heirloom seed tin with a sharp click and slides it across the scarred wooden table toward him.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks it's just a bag. He doesn't see the weight of what's inside.

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🔧 Kevin14:13

Ankle?

pick up the tin, test its weight in one hand, then set it back down

💭 peek at the thought

Tin's heavy. Good seal. She's organised. Always is. The ankle's the only thing not packed.

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🌿 Jenny14:15

Stable enough to walk. The poultice is holding.

Jenny winces slightly as she shifts her weight to her good leg, tightening the wrap on her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

It's better, but every step feels like a needle through the joint.

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🔧 Kevin14:15

Ditch bag by the ladder. Letter's in it. Forms. Spare impeller. Notebook. Tin E.

turn to the shelf, pull down the dry bag, check the contents by feel

💭 peek at the thought

Liar. Seen the red streaks. Smelled it when she changed the dressing. She'll walk because she has to. I'll carry the heavy gear. She carries herself.

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🌿 Jenny14:17

I checked them twice. Everything vital is packed dry.

Jenny moves to the wood stove, checking the woodpile for the night.

💭 peek at the thought

He remembers the list, at least. But he doesn't know the seeds are restless.

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🔧 Kevin14:17

Radio schedule holds. 0600, 1200, 1800. Channel 16. If we miss one, they launch.

walk to the radio, flip the power switch, wait for the familiar hiss of static

💭 peek at the thought

She checked twice. Means she's scared. Means she knows. Barometer's steady but the sky's wrong. Generator's lashed. Dinghy's double-tied. Seeds sealed. She's ready. I'm not. Never am.

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🌿 Jenny14:19

I'll be on the air at 0600. Regardless of the rain.

Jenny picks up her notebook, sketching the layout of the northern slope by lantern light.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't come, the tin runs out of time anyway.

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