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

by Steven Erikson

From ahead of them all, Sergeant Urb glanced back. ‘Everyone relax,’ he said. ‘There won’t be any trouble.’ ‘What makes you so sure, Sergeant?’ ‘Because, Corporal Clasp, we got Bridgeburners marching beside us. And they got kittens.’