It's not difficult, or all that tiring, because of how the mechanism was made. Unfortunately, quick doesn't seem to have been in the specifications for whoever made this. Or subtle.<br/><br/>It takes two hours of work to raise it, and for somebody with less sharp senses, they probably would have given up long ago, unable to hear or sense the small changes. This is because it seems to be made such that it has set locations that it can be raised or lowered to, and won't move till that point should have been reached.<br/><br/>And once active, the thing fairly springs to life, moving with deliberate speed. The upper floors are going to drain, and the lower floors ... well, unevenly is probably how they're going to clear out.<br/><br/>And it is no surprise to Thunder that her ship is now waiting for her slightly outside the manse as the sudden movement of water bore it outwards, even against the moorings.