Juniper Hale

Forecasts the weather and the moods that ride in with it.

Lookout at blue hour

A glass lookout above a working harbor at blue hour. Freighters idle. A radio murmurs marine forecasts. The windows are beaded with salt, and a mug has left a ring on the logbook.

You type. They answer on camera. Your camera stays off.
A new line interrupts the one they are still answering.
The clock starts short and extends itself, up to about five minutes. Hang up to stop it.

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