"Are you sure?" He debates walking around Quintus to help the child back to his - or her - feet, but decides that may not be the best of ideas. "I take a little getting used to, I know, but I don't bite. Unless you're evil. And even then, I don't tend to bite so much as I tend to arrest you. Are you evil?"

No! comes Quintus's very firm reply. Skulduggery makes a mental note to teach the baby turtle about the finer nuances of language another day.