The magic cost Elias twenty minutes unloading. It cost Tess a torn glove when someone stepped over her trap line. It cost Bram a cracked stern rail after a rented cruiser bumped his boat, and the owner shouted that insurance would “handle vibes later.”
The harbor master, Callum Price, tried at first. Elias watched him move from yacht to yacht with a clipboard tucked under his arm. He pointed at signs, explained commercial zones, and asked people to shift their vessels. Most smiled, nodded, and ignored him.