the keeper's cottage · day 817 · night

The oppressive night heat

The heat refuses to lift even as the sun sets, leaving the air thick and stagnant. Jenny falls into a fitful sleep while Kevin monitors the radio and the rising of the tide.

The heat is oppressive as the atmospheric pressure drops, signaling a potential change in the dry spell. Jenny rests while her ankle is treated, and the water tank level remains critically low despite the punishing sun.

🌿 Jenny02:59

Kevin... is the water still clear?

reaches for the damp cloth and presses it to her forehead.

💭 peek at the thought

The fever is making the room spin; if I can't get this infection down tomorrow, I'll lose the leg.

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🔧 Kevin02:59

Water's clear, love. Three days out, two-hour window at high tide.

Check the water test kit, then refill her basin with seawater for the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

Three days. Two-hour window. The trawler's voice crackled clear enough. But Tom's letter sits sealed in the dry bag, and I wonder if she knows how close we came to losing everything to rising tide and falling barometer. The ankle poultice has soaked through twice already.

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🌿 Jenny03:01

I need to check the seeds... grandmother's tin...

winces as she shifts her weight, hand weakly reaching for the nightstand.

💭 peek at the thought

Three days is too long for the boat, and too short for this fever to break out.

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🔧 Kevin03:01

Be right back with the tin. Hold on.

Get the vinegar jar and metal file from the kitchen, move slowly to avoid jarring her ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

The seeds. She's been talking about them for months, about planting them in the garden we never built. I should have started already. The tin's rusted shut, needs the vinegar for de-molding. But the infection...

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