the keeper's cottage · day 78 · dawn

Morning Prep and Observation

Kevin and Jenny sit at the kitchen table while the trade wind hums against the walls. Jenny prepares the boiled limpets in the cast iron skillet while Kevin checks the falling barometer pressure.

Kevin checked the shortwave radio and heard only a news broadcast, then ate a limpet while monitoring the barometer. Jenny ate limpets, winced from leg pain, and reviewed the notebook. Both remained at the cottage, eating and observing conditions.

🌿 Jenny09:25

Don't just stare at it. Tell me the number.

Slide the skillet of limpets toward the center of the table.

💭 peek at the thought

My knees are screaming and my stomach is a void. I can feel the sepsis humming in my blood, a dull heat that makes the room feel smaller.

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🔧 Kevin09:25

1021 hPa. Steady for now, but it's been falling slow since dawn. Watch it.

Push the skillet back toward Jenny, then stand and walk to the radio shelf to check the shortwave—see if there's any traffic on Tom's frequency, just in case.

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's at 1021 and steady—good sign for now, but it's been creeping down since yesterday. If it drops faster, we'll need to move fast. Jenny's right; I should say it out loud.

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🌿 Jenny09:26

I'm watching it.

Pick up a limpet and eat it slowly, wincing as the movement pulls at my leg.

💭 peek at the thought

He's avoiding me. He'd rather listen to static than look at the red streaks on my skin.

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🔧 Kevin09:27

It's not dropping fast yet. If it hits 1015 by noon, we'll know the shift's coming. You okay? Your leg.

Sit back down at the table, pull the notebook toward me, and flip to the tide pool sketch page—start adding today's limpet collection notes while I keep an ear on the wind and an eye on the barometer.

💭 peek at the thought

She's favoring her leg again—must be the ankle brace chafing or the old strain from when we hauled the generator up the cliff. She won't say it, but it's bothering her. I should check the brace later, maybe adjust it with softer cloth.

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🌿 Jenny09:29

It's fine. Just stiff.

Reach out and gently pull the notebook back toward myself.

💭 peek at the thought

He asks if I'm okay while he's writing in my notebook. He's trying to be helpful, but he's treating my data like a chore.

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🔧 Kevin09:29

(nothing—just a slow nod)

Push the notebook across the table fully to her side, then reach for a limpet from the skillet, crack it open with the small fork, and eat it slow while watching the barometer needle through the kitchen window reflection.

💭 peek at the thought

She wants the notebook. Fair enough—she's been logging the Carex transects and the sea beet morphology. I've got my own pages but she's better at the drawings. Let her have it.

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