Waver grins, a little chuffed noise escaping him. "I imagine that that might be the case for a lot of them. But for a time, they hadn't seen manatees before, so they didn't know what they were loking at." Besides, manatees were pretty darn endearing, being as round and floating as they are.

"Huh. That last part is an interesting way to approach duels." Waver then shushes himself, watching the movement of the coin, and clearly enjoying the word he knows that is required to make that kind of slight of hand seem absolutely effortless. "But I follow. There's been a bit of revived interest, depending on the act. You lot haven't had escape artist magicans, have you?"

But. Boats. "Metal isn't as expensive anymore. Engines are now often electric anyway, there was an evolution in movement. Some boats still do use traditional sails though, it isn't as if the old technology is completely forgotten."