the garden · day 835 · morning

DAWN DAY 836

The heavy air remains over the island as the sun rises. The tide has reached the lower edge of the garden wall.

The warm rain continues in steady pulses, turning the garden soil into a slick mire. The tide remains high, salt water lapping at the lower shelves of the garden wall. Kevin and Jenny work under the shelter of the shade cloth, the humidity clinging heavy to their skin as the smell of damp earth and sea salt fills the air.

🌿 Jenny02:55

The soil is too heavy for today, Kevin.

Sit on the stone bench and sketch the way the salt is creeping up the wall.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle is throbbing in time with the waves; I can't even hold the spade, let alone dig plots.

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🔧 Kevin02:57

Aye. Come back at low tide. Ground'll be workable then.

walk back to the cottage to check the Yanmar's fuel filter housing and top up the generator oil

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. The clay's holding water like a sponge — any trench I dig today just fills back in. Waste of effort and back.

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🌿 Jenny02:58

I'll try.

Unwrap the ankle and apply a fresh sea beet poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks the tide is the only clock, but the swelling in my leg is the real timekeeper.

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🔧 Kevin02:59

That's it. Clean wrap when it's dry.

check the shortwave radio batteries and listen for any sign of the supply boat

💭 peek at the thought

Good. She's trying. Pain's still there, but she's pushing through it.

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🌿 Jenny03:01

Right.

Wrap the ankle tightly and watch the rain stop.

💭 peek at the thought

It's so easy for him to just give a command when the body is falling apart.

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🔧 Kevin03:01

Radio's quiet. No word on the boat.

walk to the workshop and pull the Yanmar's fuel filter housing to clean the silt trap

💭 peek at the thought

Rain's breaking. Good. Low tide in two hours — ground'll drain enough to cut the irrigation trench proper.

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