Following the rather limited mention of the current Sullivan and the lack of written history on the monstrous beast-men, the blonde haired figured heaved a sigh and closed the tome. Extrapolating from what he'd learned, pieced together, he figures that the minotaurs typically tend to reside in hilly, forested terrain and are capable of somewhat sophisticated hierarchies when compared to the lower monsters like goblins. Nothing terribly exciting to gain just from that, but it does bring up a few more ideas.
The youth seeks out the librarian, asking for maps of the areas around both the port and from any mountains or hills near it, wondering if he could spot a particular pattern, a path they had taken that could be back-tracked.