Ithacles almost told everyone to calm down. Obviously he realized how stupid that would sound out of his mouth so he simply watched them until the quiet was restored.
"There aren't any answers in that journal," Skandra finally said. "Or you'd have found them by now. What you need is someone alive to tell his story."
"Right," Ithacles agreed. He didn't really need to agree to it out loud, considering it was the only obvious course their journey could take, but he hated to leave people hanging out there without support.