the keeper's cottage · day 882 · evening

Evening Meal Prep

The flat sky darkens further as the temperature begins to drop. You meet inside the cottage to prepare the evening's food.

Kevin spent the afternoon checking the dock pilings and clearing debris from the path, noting the increasing rot in the south piling, while Jenny focused on the cottage shutter, struggling with the swollen wood in the dry heat, while also preparing the sea beet poultice for the ankle.

🌿 Jenny15:59

We own just have the tinned fish and the limpets.

set the limpets on the counter and start boiling water on the wood stove.

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My ankle is screaming, and I can't even sit straight without flinching.

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🔧 Kevin16:00

Mackerel's got three tins left. Corned beef six. Limpets'll stretch it.

pull two tin mugs from the shelf and set them by the stove, then lift the kettle to check the water

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She's still on her feet. That's something. The limpets'll take the edge off hunger but won't touch the fever. Need to watch her colour when the broth hits her stomach.

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🌿 Jenny16:01

We'll need to boil them long to get the salt out.

open the tin of way and flake the fish into a small bowl.

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I'm hungry enough to eat my own sketches, but the limpets will do.

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🔧 Kevin16:03

I'll grab the limpets from the bucket.

head to the south beach bucket, lift the lid and transfer a handful of limpets to a clean pan

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She's thinking practical. Good. Salt in the broth'll make her throat raw too.

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🌿 Jenny16:03

Be careful with the sand on them.

rub the swollen skin around my ankle and wince at the pain.

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The heat is too much today, I can't think straight over the throbbing in my leg.

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🔧 Kevin16:04

Rinsed them at the spring this morning. Bucket's clean.

carry the pan to the sink, run tank water over the limpets, scrub each one with the wire brush, then set the pan on the stove beside the kettle

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Don't tell her to sit. She knows. Just get the sand off clean and keep the broth simple.

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🌿 Jenny16:05

Good. The water is almost boiling.

reach for the sea beet leaves in the basket to start the poultice.

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If the swelling doesn't drop, I won't be able to walk to the ridge tomorrow.

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