Ttharg Krixkrux

"Would removing the artifact kill him? Or has it become part of him entirely?" Ttharg mused for a second. "He may be a week ahead, aye, but his ship's mount be crippled, and he be just one man. He must eat and sleep like the rest o' us. We'll catch up with him." Ttharg says the last part whilst looking at the Captain, almost trying to assuage her fears. "Why not simply destroy the book, if it drives men mad?"