Piper looked into the reflective blade of Katropis.

She sighed.

Who was she fooling?

Everyone, that's who.

She was a liar, a thief-

She manipulated people with mere words.

And it disgusted her.

She was no better than a monster.

Luring others into traps, catching them like flies in her sticky web.

She was like one of those Cyclopes, calling out in the voice's of one's friends.

When she was really an enemy.

They thought she had good intentions.

She was just some kind of selfish deceitful thing.

It was true.

She was truly a Pied Piper.