the keeper's cottage · day 929 · morning

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Jenny steadies Kevin's shaking hand as he circles the advancing redness on her thigh with the felt pen. Kevin moves to the counter to crush fresh mint from the shelf and mix it with honey to prepare the poultice.

🌿 Jenny13:19

Jenny — sit on the kitchen chair, lift my trousers, and use a felt pen to circle the edge of the redness on my thigh.

💭 peek at the thought

The red line is closer to the knee today. I can feel the heat in the whole leg. I need to mark the boundary before the light goes completely completely.

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🔧 Kevin13:19

How far past the last mark?

Cross to the table, pick up the med kit, pull out the doxy blister pack and count remaining tablets.

💭 peek at the thought

The line's moved. Again. She's marking it calm as checking oil pressure, but her hand's shaking enough to wobble the ink.

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🌿 Jenny13:21

About two inches. I'm marking it now.

Reach for the felt pen across the table, but my hand shakes. Kevin steadies my wrist. I circle the new boundary on my thigh, then look at him. "Can you help me with the poultice? The mint needs more honey."

💭 peek at the thought

He's counting the pills like they're beans. Twelve left. Four days if I take half. Maybe five if I stretch them. The line moved another centimeter since I marked it.

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🔧 Kevin13:21

Yeah. Fresh mint on the shelf. Honey jar's by the stove.

Steady her wrist until the circle's done, then move to the counter — pull down the mint sprigs drying overhead, spoon honey into the small bowl, start crushing leaves with the back of the spoon.

💭 peek at the thought

Two inches in what — six hours? The doxy's not holding it. She knows it. I know it. The honey's the only thing buying time.

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