the keeper's cottage · day 852 · evening

Evening Prep for Arrival

The sun is low behind the overcast clouds as you meet at the cottage. The temperature drops slightly as the breeze rolls in.

Kevin and Jenny shared a salty broth in the cottage as the clouds thickened over the ridge. Kevin noted the falling barometer and promised to check the loose garden tarp in the morning while Jenny took her medication for her ankle.

🌿 Jenny04:05

The boat is two days out. Did you see anything on the horizon?

Lean against the whitewashed stone wall, shifting weight off my bad leg, and watch the clouds thicken over the ridge.

💭 peek at the thought

My own is pulsing again, and the humidity feels like a wet blanket. I need to check the tarp before the rain hits.

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🔧 Kevin04:05

Nothing. Barometer's 992 and rising. Boat's still two days if the wind holds.

walk to the porch table and pick up the tin mug with the cooling broth, blow across the rim, then set it down beside the antibiotic blister pack

💭 peek at the thought

Nothing on the water but weather. Barometer's rising slow. She's favouring the ankle bad — needs the next antibiotic dose before dark.

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🌿 Jenny04:07

Let's hope so. I need to double-check the tension on the garden tarp before it gets soaked down.

Pull the notebook from my pocket and flip to the sketch of the sea cave strata, tracing the iron bands with a thumb.

💭 peek at the thought

If the wind shifts, the boat won't make the window. The north ridge soil is already weeping too much.

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🔧 Kevin04:13

Tarp's battened. You sit. Ankle dose is due.

pull out the chair at the table and tap the seat with two fingers, nodding at the blister pack

💭 peek at the thought

She's walking on it too much. The ankle won't heal if she keeps treating it like it's fine. Tarp can wait till morning.

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🌿 Jenny04:13

I know. I'll take them in a minute.

Sit with a heavy sigh, reaching for the blister pack to pop out two tablets with shaky fingers.

💭 peek at the thought

I'm too tired to argue about the timing. The hunger is starting to grow louder than the dull tackle.

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🔧 Kevin04:14

Drink the broth first. Warm it if it's cold.

lift the kettle from the stove hook and hold it over the mug, waiting

💭 peek at the thought

Hands shaking. Fever's still there. She needs the broth down her before the meds hit an empty stomach.

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🌿 Jenny04:15

It's fine.

Take a small sip of the broth, flinch at the saltiness, and swallow the tablets with a gulp of water.

💭 peek at the thought

It's always cold when I get to it. My ankle is screaming half the time.

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🔧 Kevin04:17

The tarp's loose at the southeast corner. I'll check it tomorrow at first light.

check the barometer again, noting 992 hPa, then walk to the garden door and unlatch it

💭 peek at the thought

Salt in the broth again. Should have made fresh. Her throat's raw from the salt burns.

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