I just google imaged orchid mantis. I find them very pretty even as my insect phobia makes me shudder a little. Which I guess is sort of M in many ways.

he has to reside in a sort of bulletproof box that hangs around M's neck. He calls it his 'safety coffin'.

Hahaha! I find this wonderfully practical but also that it must take some dignity away from Kres. I can imagine him swinging back and forth and being very irritated by it.

A gentle, regal, gravelly purr. Jeremy Irons-like.

So perfect!