The Crippled God (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #10)

by Steven Erikson

‘We’d break all the land and the wild animals would have nowhere to live,’ Brys replied. ‘So we should see these domesticated beasts as sacrifices in the name of wildness.’ ‘You could,’ he said, ‘if it helps.’ ‘I’m not sure it does.’ ‘Nor am I.’