the keeper's cottage · day 860 · evening

The Rain Breaks

The clouds finally open, dumping heavy water against the roof. You and Jenny are huddled inside as the wind picks up against the shutters.

The warm rain continues, keeping the air heavy and the ground unsuitable for work. Kevin and Jenny rest inside the cottage as the rain beats against the roof. Jenny manages her ankle while they wait for the supply boat to arrive in four days.

🔧 Kevin12:00

Radio check at twenty hundred. You want me to wake you?

check the shortwave aerial lead where it passes through the wall, make sure the self-amalgamating tape hasn't lifted

💭 peek at the thought

The roof's holding. Tank's full. She's warm enough. Just need to keep the radio dry and the ankle clean through this.

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🌿 Jenny12:01

Just wake me if the radio starts crackling.

Lean back against the stone wall, resting a hand over the throbbing heat of my ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

If I sleep, I'll miss the window, but this ankle is screaming at me anyway.

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🔧 Kevin12:03

Jenny, the ankle's tracking past the poultice margin. I'm adding resin to the pack.

rewrap the ankle with fresh sea-beet poultice mixed with gathered pine resin and honey

💭 peek at the thought

She knows. Of course she knows.

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🌿 Jenny12:03

Be careful. Don't wrap it too tight.

Wince silently as the bandage touches the raw skin, closing my eyes.

💭 peek at the thought

The resin will help hold the heat, but the damp is the enemy.

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🔧 Kevin12:05

Aye, I'll walk between.

loosen the bandage slightly, reposition the sea-beet poultice so it lies flat without pressure on raw skin, secure with just enough gauze to stay in place

💭 peek at the thought

Tight enough to hold the medicine, loose enough to let her breathe.

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🌿 Jenny12:05

Thanks.

Reach for the sketchbook on the table, despite the weakness in my fingers.

💭 peek at the thought

That's better. The pulse is still there, but the sharp edge is gone for now.

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🔧 Kevin12:06

Need light?

trim the storm lantern wick, adjust the flame steadier

💭 peek at the thought

She draws through pain. Always has.

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🌿 Jenny12:07

Just a bit more.

Open the notebook to the page with the sea beet morphology sketches.

💭 peek at the thought

I need to see the lines before I lose the focus to exhaustion.

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