the keeper's cottage · day 927 · night

Dawn supply boat watch

First light touches the cottage porch. Kevin stands at the rail with binoculars, scanning the channel for the supply boat's running lights. Jenny sits beside him with her notebook, ankle elevated, the new poultice holding. The barometer reads 1022 hPa, steady. The tide is high and slack.

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🌿 Jenny11:55

Is there anything on the horizon?

Jenny sketches a quick detail of the tomato leaf's salt-burn in her notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

Seven days until the boat, and if this infection doesn't break by then, I won't be able to reach the ridge.

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🔧 Kevin11:57

Still nothing yet. Barometer's steady though - that's good news for the dock.

Check the barnacles on the hull for the supply boat's running lights.

💭 peek at the thought

Six days of watching these waters, counting swells and shadows. The poultice held through the night - that's something. The barnacles on the hull tell me if she's coming.

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🌿 Jenny11:59

Humidity doesn't care about the barometer.

Jenny shifts her weight, feeling the throb in the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

He's always optimistic about the weather while the humidity is what's actually killing my skin.

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🔧 Kevin11:59

Then let's hope the humidity drops with the wind. If the boat comes early, we need to be ready to row out at slack tide.

Check the poultice integrity and prepare backup dressing supplies.

💭 peek at the thought

She's right - the poultice holding through the night was luck. Now it's getting sloppy again.

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🌿 Jenny12:01

I'll check the soil samples at cairn 2. If the pH's holding, I'll mark the transplant points for tomorrow.

Jenny stands, cradling her ankle, and walks toward the window to examine the north ridge through her binoculars.

💭 peek at the thought

The poultice is already soaked through again. I can't afford to lose another day to infection.

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🔧 Kevin12:01

Take the cane. And don't go past cairn 3 - the fracture line's still moving.

Watch her move toward the ridge path, hand on the doorframe ready to follow if she needs it.

💭 peek at the thought

She's pushing it. The red line was past the knee yesterday. Cairn 2 means the ridge path - slick clay, loose scree. One wrong step and we're back to square one.

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