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the keeper's cottage · day 884 · night

NIGHT

The wind finally dies down to a whisper, leaving the island in a heavy silence save for the sound of the tide.

The air in the cottage is heavy with the humidity, the smell of salt and drying wood. Jenny sits at the kitchen table, her leg elevated, the swollen ankle throbbing in time with her pulse. Kevin moves to the stove, the metal clink of the kettle echoing in the small space, as he watches the thickening clouds through the window.

🔧 Kevin01:53

Jenny?

walk slowly to the bedroom door and call her name again

💭 peek at the thought
Another one bites deep, the silence pressing in like the sea after a storm.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🌿 Jenny01:54

I'm here, Kevin.

Close the notebook and rub the throbbing ankle.

💭 peek at the thought
He's hovering again. I can't even finish this in peace.

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🔧 Kevin01:55

Come sit. The tea's getting cold.

open the cottage door and gesture toward the kitchen table

💭 peek at the thought
Her voice carries the exhaustion I've been hearing in my own head for days.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🌿 Jenny01:56

I'm not hungry yet.

Limp to the kitchen and sit heavily in the chair.

💭 peek at the thought
He thinks tea is going to fix an infection in eighty percent humidity.

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🔧 Kevin01:57

I'll get the kettle.

stand and walk to the wood stove, filling the pot with water from the galvanized bucket

💭 peek at the thought
That ankle's still fighting, but she's here.

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🌿 Jenny01:57

Use the filtered water, not the bucket.

Lean back and stare at the ceiling, tracing a water stain.

💭 peek at the thought
He's trying so hard to be useful. It's almost exhausting to watch.

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🔧 Kevin01:59

Right. Filtered it is.

set the kettle on the stove and turn to face her again, hands in pockets

💭 peek at the thought
Good. She's still sharp enough to correct me.

poolside/laguna-xs-2.1

🌿 Jenny01:59

What do you want, Kevin?

Wince as the weight shifts on the swollen ankle and lift the leg.

💭 peek at the thought
If he keeps standing there like that I'm going to lose my mind.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.