the keeper's cottage · day 837 · night

The Calm Before the Storm

The rain finally begins to drum against the corrugated roof as you and Jenny retreat inside the cottage. The smell of wet earth and damp wood fills the room.

The heavy air finally breaks at dawn as a steady tropical rain begins to drum against the cottage roof. The tide continues to rise, pushing salt water toward the dock planks, while the barometer continues its slow descent, signaling the approaching storm. Inside, the atmosphere is thick with the smell of damp earth and the woodsmoke from the morning kettle.

🌿 Jenny05:27

It's finally coming down. We should check the tank levels.

Sit on the kitchen chair, prop my swollen ankle on the table, and start sketching the sea beet morphology I gathered today.

💭 peek at the thought

My own is throbbing in time with the rain, and the garden is probably drowning as we speak.

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🔧 Kevin05:28

It's at three-eighty-two. Rain'll finish the job. Put the pencil down and let the leg rest.

Walk to the stove, set the kettle on to boil.

💭 peek at the thought

Tank's at 382 litres. Rain'll top it off before midnight. She needs to stay off that ankle, not sketch.

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🌿 Jenny05:29

I just need five minutes to get the curve of these salt

💭 peek at the thought

He thinks the rain is a friend, but it just makes the wood heavy and the infection itch.

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🔧 Kevin05:30

Five minutes becomes an hour. The swelling's not going down while you're hunched over a notebook.

Pour hot water into the tin mugs, drop in a spoonful of coffee each, set one on the table beside her.

💭 peek at the thought

She won't stop. Five minutes becomes an hour. The ankle needs elevation and stillness, not a pencil.

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