the keeper's cottage · day 969 · afternoon

Evening Meal Prep

Kevin and Jenny meet in the kitchen area as the sun begins to dip. The Yanmar parts are laid out on the table.

The humidity is heavy as the clouds thicken, signaling a potential change in weather. Kevin focuses on the Yanmar impeller housing while waiting for the supply boat, and Jenny manages the garden's needs and her aching ankle in the heat.

🔧 Kevin06:56

Impeller housing alignment's sorted. Copper shims mic'd at four points — two-thou runout, consistent. Ready to install when the supply boat gets here tomorrow.

Wipe copper shims clean with a rag and set them on the oilskin beside the Yanmar housing bolts.

💭 peek at the thought

The shims are within tolerance. Micrometer confirmed it. Now I need to install them before the humidity swells the housing bore — and before Jenny asks why I haven't checked her ankle yet.

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🌿 Jenny06:56

Good. At least the engine won't be the thing that strands us.

Lean heavily against the doorframe, shifting weight off the swollen ankle.

💭 peek at the thought

He's so focused on those tolerances. Two-thou. He can measure a thousandth of an inch but can't see I'm barely standing.

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🔧 Kevin06:58

Ankle's worse.

Cross to the porch and pull the cold pack from the bucket, wrap it in the clean cloth from the medical kit.

💭 peek at the thought

She's favouring it more than this morning. The poultice isn't holding the swelling down like yesterday.

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🌿 Jenny06:58

It's just throbbing.

Sit slowly in the porch chair and extend the leg, letting him apply the cold pack.

💭 peek at the thought

He noticed. He doesn't ask how it feels, he just does the thing. It's the only way we know how to talk.

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🔧 Kevin07:00

Poultice needs changing. Got fresh sea beet and mint from the spring run. Honey's in the cupboard.

Set the cold pack on her ankle, then move to the kitchen to pull the mortar and pestle, the sea beet leaves, mint bundle, and honey jar.

💭 peek at the thought

She's not arguing. That's the part that sits wrong. Three weeks ago she'd have snapped something about coddling. Now she just sits and takes it.

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