<br/><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/RoDooxQ.jpg)</div><br/>Pipa had to resist the distraction of the glimpses of pale flesh under the dark cape, and focus on the topic of her heritage and potential future. So, she did her best to suppress the spark of lust that Ravensoul had set as she studied the Dwarven script.<br/><br/><em>I believe your mother was the contestant Olivianna Taurose.  She was a skilled mage, a seductress, one who made her way through the dungeon with skill, magic, and seduction.  I am sure she was changed as I was."  Headmistress Ravensoul leaned forwards and locked eyes with Pipa before adding, "and I would be willing to bet that some of that... corruption... some of her power, her lusts, some of what made her so special, some of it flows through your veins as well."</em><br/><br/>Pipa thoughts turned immediately to her father's motives in putting her forward as a candidate. Did he know all of this about her mother? He must have. Naturally stoic and protective, it wasn't a surprise that he would have withheld the information he possessed from her as a child. She felt a flush of anger and annoyance that he didn't share this information before she left Oreford, then pushed the feeling aside. It wasn't important now.<br/><br/>What was important now was the question the headmistress was asking her,<em>“if you are special because of your heritage, what will you do with that gift?"</em><br/><br/>Pipa quieted her mind and focused for a moment on the implications before answering, “If it's all true, it seems almost improbable I would be in this situation now if I weren't meant to use my inheritance, and turn the power of the corruption my mother endured against its source.”<br/><br/>“I had only hoped to survive to the reaping level, and thought I had a better shot at that than any other contestant Oreford could have provided, but if you think I can make it further...  Well, I  have to try don't I?”<br/><br/>“Do you think that the dungeon’s corruption might be turned against Pandora?”