the keeper's cottage · day 873 · night

Night watch and morning prep

It is fully dark. The lantern burns low on the porch table. Kevin sits with the shortwave handset, listening to static. Jenny sleeps fitfully on the cot, ankle elevated on a folded blanket. The tide is low. The supply boat is three days out.

The air is heavy with the thickening cloud cover as the dry season heat lingers. Kevin attempts to prep the coax run but the high humidity makes the materials stiff and difficult to handle, while Jenny tries to manage her ankle pain while preparing for the coming boat.

🌿 Jenny08:07

Jenny — reach out to touch the cold metal of the seed tin on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

If the humidity doesn't drop, the infection will just keep breathing regardless of the antibiotics.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin08:07

Jenny?

get up quietly and check the dock pilings before the tide comes in

💭 peek at the thought

Barometer's rising but the silence between us feels heavier than the static on the radio. That letter in my pocket still feels like a stone.

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🌿 Jenny08:09

I'm awake. Be careful.

Sit up slowly, wincing as the throbbing in my ankle shifts.

💭 peek at the thought

He's going out in the dark again while the wood is slick.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin08:09

Back in twenty. Radio's on 2182 if anything changes.

pull on boots, grab the headlamp, and walk down the path to the dock

💭 peek at the thought

She's been awake the whole time. The blanket's folded wrong for sleep.

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