the keeper's cottage · day 958 · morning

Morning decision at the kitchen table

Kevin and Jenny sit at the kitchen table with Tom's letter between them. The tide is high, lapping at the dock. Jenny's ankle is propped on a chair, the swelling visible above the gauze. The radio sits ready on 2182. They need to decide: wait for the supply boat's antibiotics tomorrow, or activate the medevac forms now.

Kevin transmitted a Mayday call on 2182 detailing Jenny's worsening leg infection and fever, but the shortwave radio only returned a garbled news fragment about stock markets instead of a coast guard response. Jenny's condition continued to deteriorate as the infection spread past her knee with fever holding at 39.5°C.

🌿 Jenny12:07

The red line's gone. I need those antibiotics now, not tomorrow.

grab the medevac forms from the ditch bag and head for the radio

💭 peek at the thought

The infection is past the line—past everything I tried to contain. Waiting for tomorrow's antibiotics feels like gambling with my life, but Kevin's letter sits between us unopened, heavy with grief I don't know how to hold.

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🔧 Kevin12:07

Give me the forms. I'll call it in.

take the medevac forms from Jenny and walk to the radio, key the mic on 2182

💭 peek at the thought

She's right. The line's past where I marked it this morning. If the boat doesn't come, or comes late, or the antibiotics aren't what she needs — she doesn't have tomorrow. I should've keyed the mic hours ago.

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🌿 Jenny12:09

Tell them it's an emergency. Not a routine check.

sit heavily on the kitchen chair, watching his back, and press a hot hand to my throbbing ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's taking the lead because my hands are shaking. The fever is making the room tilt.

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🔧 Kevin12:09

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. This is Sorrel Island, Sorrel Island, Sorrel Island. Position 49-12 North, 006-18 West. Medical emergency. One female, 38, severe lower leg infection spreading above ankle, fever 39.5, not responding to topical treatment. Require immediate medevac. Two souls on island. Over.

hold the mic keyed, wait for response, pen ready to log

💭 peek at the thought

Emergency. Right. No routine check language. Position, nature, persons, assistance needed. Keep it clean.

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b

🌿 Jenny12:11

Tell them I'm losing the leg, Kevin.

close my eyes and listen to the static and the rain on the roof.

💭 peek at the thought

The red is moving. I can feel it pulsing under the skin. If the boat doesn't come, I'll be a skeleton in the garden.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin12:11

Sorrel Island. Patient deteriorating. Infection tracking above knee now. Risk of sepsis and limb loss without IV antibiotics and surgical intervention within hours. Request immediate helicopter medevac. Over.

log the time and position in the radio notebook, eyes on the horizon through the window

💭 peek at the thought

She said it out loud. The words I've been holding behind my teeth for two days. Losing the leg. Losing her. The static stretches thin.

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