Penelope noticed William looking up at a tree with clear frustration as she and Hartley drew nearer. She held back a smirk as William spotted her and reluctantly asked for her help. Hartley was grinning in amusement as he watched Crow up in the tree. Penelope held her chin up a little higher as she walked up to William. 

“Huh... wonder why that is.” She mumbled sarcastically to his comment about how Crow listened to her. She visibly shot William an annoyed look. It was crazy to her how he could be so oblivious to the reason why Crow was willing to listen to her rather than him. Especially after the big deal he made about her treatment of the thief the day before.

“What was that?” William questioned, narrowing his gaze at her. Penelope waved a hand dismissively. 

“Nothing.” She replied calmly, biting back a sharp comment about why Crow was willing to listen to her rather than William. Luckily, William wasn’t going to pester her about her small comment, even though part of her wished he had. [i]It’s not like he’d understand even if I tried...[/i] She thought with a small snort. 

“Just get him down. He’s already set us behind enough.” William growled, sending a glare up at Crow.

“Here, help the other thief put away the stuff we got and I’ll get him down ok? We’ll be on the road again soon enough.” She told William as she handed off the bag she had been carrying to the older knight. Hopefully her words would calm him down some, especially since she felt slightly bad for sticking Hartley with the older knight. The kid was annoying but Penelope didn’t completely hate him. She just figured it was best to get William out of the way before bothering to talk to Crow.

William grumbled something under his breath but took the supplies. “Come on.” He snapped at Hartley before turning to head over to the cart. Hartley glanced at Penelope before reluctantly following the older knight with the bag he carried. 

Penelope turned and walked over to the base of the tree and looked up at Crow. With the other two busy and out of the way, the knight relaxed slightly as she got a chance to briefly speak to Crow alone. “Having fun? I see you’re giving William another heart attack today.” She said in amusement. “So much so that he’s sending me over to get you down despite everything he was yelling about yesterday."