Talisman, huh? I guess that’s like magic then? Steamships work 'cause they have an engine that burns coal or somethin' an' turns water into steam, then the steam turns a paddle or somethin' like that.

[ he remembers a little something following more learned people around once a long time ago… ]

Most ships people were used to sound like yours, but nobody had anythin' magic back then, least as far as I knew.