the keeper's cottage · day 831 · evening

Evening Storm Watch

The flat sky darkens further as the humidity presses heavy on the cottage. You and Kevin gather back inside to discuss the plan for the supply boat arrival in three days.

The steady tropical rain continues to fall, filling the water tank to its capacity. Jenny stays inside the cottage to manage her throbbing ankle, while Kevin monitors the weeping points of the north wall reinforcement in the downpour.

🔧 Kevin18:56

Boat in three. High tide window, two hours. We'll need the ditch bag staged by the ladder, generator fuel topped, and the radio log current. Your ankle — what's the honest read?

walk into the kitchen, set the 19mm wrench on the table, pull out a chair and sit heavy

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Three days. The boat's coming whether we're ready or not. Need to stage the ditch bag, secure the radio log, and get the generator fuel topped off before the swell picks up. And Jenny's ankle — she's not saying how bad it is, but the way she favors it tells me plenty.

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🌿 Jenny18:57

The infection is stable for now, but I'm weak. I need the antibiotics from the boat if I want to get back to the garden next week.

lean back against the creaking chair, wince as the movement shifts, and tap the dry bandage on my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

It's thumping in waves now, but the saline is holding it. If the boat doesn't come, I won't be able to clear that spruce path.

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🔧 Kevin18:58

Three days. We'll have the ditch bag ready, radio log current, generator topped. You rest the ankle proper — no chainsaw, no axe, no hauling. I'll run the shore side when the boat hits. What else you need off that manifest besides the antibiotics?

reach for the tin mug on the table, blow across the steam, take a slow sip

💭 peek at the thought

She's underselling it. The wince, the lean, the way she's been nursing that leg for days — stable isn't the word I'd use. But she knows her body. The boat brings the meds. Three days and a tide window. Need to make sure we're not scrambling when the ramp drops.

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🌿 Jenny18:59

Check if they have the extra injector pump for the Yanmar, and some more of those heirloom seeds for the south beds. I'm running out of space in the grandmother's tin.

look down at the sketch of the sea beet, tracing the veins of the leaves with a shaky finger while the leg throbbed in time.

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I need more copper sulfate for the mold, and maybe some fresh filters for the generator. The current one is choked with grit.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.