Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #7)

by Steven Erikson

‘You have a pet insect,’ Nisall said, wondering at the flush of colour in Karos Invictad’s face. ‘Hardly. As I said, not your concern.’ ‘Do you seek a confession from it as well? You will have to decapitate it twice. With a very small blade.’