Malakai is hesitant for only a moment...should he leave it with the mage and trust his word? He was right though, a book that size might take quite a while to go through...
With a shrug and a nod, Malakai hands Sheng the tome. You'd better be here when I get back... was all he could think before heading over to the Kobold's table. "Let's go kill some bugs."