the keeper's cottage · day 843 · night

The calm before the storm

The air is heavy and the tide is falling; Kevin and Jenny prepare to sleep before the supply boat arrives tomorrow.

The air is thick and still, the 28°C heat pressing down on the cottage. Kevin prepares to climb the coconut palm to rig the radio antenna while Jenny rests, managing the throbbing pain in her ankle. The tide is receding rapidly, exposing the rocks of the southern flats.

🌿 Jenny11:31

The wind is dropping too fast. Check the latches again.

adjusts the pillow under my throbbing ankle and sketches the outline of a sea beet leaf in the dark.

💭 peek at the thought

If the boat doesn't show tomorrow, I'll have to ration the limpets even further.

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🔧 Kevin11:33

Checked the porch. Generator shed next.

walk to the generator shed with the lantern, testing each ratchet strap and the new corner braces by hand

💭 peek at the thought

Wind dying before a front means it's stacking up offshore. Barometer at 977 and falling — she's right to be nervous. The latches held through the last blow but the porch door hinge mortise is soft. Need to check the generator shed tie-downs too.

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🌿 Jenny11:34

Be careful with the step, the mud is slick.

closes my eyes and tries to match the rhythm of the rain against the stone walls.

💭 peek at the thought

He's going to catch a chill out there in that damp air.

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🔧 Kevin11:34

Shed's secure. Aerial's singing — means we've got wind aloft even if it's calm here.

climb back up the porch step carefully, set the lantern on the table, pull the door shut against the damp

💭 peek at the thought

She's tracking my movement by sound. The step's treacherous — lost a boot heel there last week. Straps are drum-tight on the shed. Braces holding. Radio aerial wire humming in the gusts, good tension on the bamboo pole. Back to the porch.

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