"... What did you expect a ship to be made out of? Wood? They don't last that long in the ocean and need to be treated a lot more. They'll rot and you need to replace them a lot faster than a metal boat."

He might... know more than a little about the ocean and boats. "Even the thing we fought in was made of metal -" Nope, nope. Shut up. She doesn't need to hear your sob story, Ushiro.