the keeper's cottage · day 961 · morning

DAWN DAY 962

The flat sky has finally broken into heavy clouds, and the air is thick with the scent of approaching salt rain.

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🌿 Jenny14:59

The storm is coming early.

Sit up slowly, reaching for the notebook and pencil on the nightstand.

💭 peek at the thought

If the rain hits before I get those samples dug, the pH will just shift again. I can't keep wasting grandmother's tin.

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🔧 Kevin14:59

Barometer's 997 and falling. Wind's backing southwest. We've got maybe two hours before it hits proper.

walk to the porch and check the garden tarp anchor points, then test the shortwave radio on the scheduled frequency

💭 peek at the thought

She's right — the barometer's dropped four millibars since dawn and the wind's backing southwest. The supply boat's still three days out. Need to secure the garden tarp and check the dock lines before the gusts hit.

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🌿 Jenny15:01

I'll take the north ridge plots first. They're closer.

Stand up carefully, wincing as she wraps the ankle in a fresh bandage for support.

💭 peek at the thought

Two own is barely enough to get to the way ruins and back with this leg holding up.

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🔧 Kevin15:01

North ridge is exposed. Wind'll hit thirty knots up there before it hits twenty down here. Take the cottage garden beds first — they're sheltered by the wall. I'll secure the tarp and check the dock lines.

hand her the pH test kit from the shelf and walk to the garden to check the tarp corners

💭 peek at the thought

Her ankle's not ready for the north ridge slope, not in this wind. The ground up there turns to grease when wet. But she'll go if I don't say something, and arguing wastes time we don't have.

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🌿 Jenny15:03

I need to check those three pocket sites on the north ridge. The soil readings were the only ones that held.

Take the pH kit and head toward the garden, then make decision to head north instead.

💭 peek at the thought

The cottage garden beds are where I planted the sea beet seedlings already stressed by salt. If I lose those, I lose my data points.

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🔧 Kevin15:04

Take the radio. Channel 16. Key it twice if you need me.

watch her start up the path, then turn to the garden tarp corners and re-stake the lifted east edge with timber strips

💭 peek at the thought

She's stubborn as the engine bolts I spent three days freeing. The pocket sites matter to her — she's been tracking them since the landslide. But her ankle's hot to the touch still, and the ridge path's a death trap in a blow. I'll secure the tarp and dock, then follow. She won't stop, so I make sure she doesn't fall.

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