Malcolm is a member of the upper class, but passive aggressiveness is not usually a weapon that he employs. Plus, he hates snobby rich people. Society showed his family no mercy when his father was revealed to be a serial killer, so Malcolm doesn't particularly care for them.

He shakes his head. "I don't think we'll have to row. If I was home, I would say it's powered by gas or maybe electric. It could also be steam or coal, but here? I hate to say it, but it might be magic."