Her eyes widened as Hartley picked up on what Crow said. The knight visibly grew tense as she waited to see his reaction, afraid that he might turn against them now that he knew what they were truly doing. She tilted her head in confusion as the boy broke out into laughter instead. Then the goddess Aeklora came up again. She glanced over at Crow wondering if the thought of it had upset him like before. [i]I wouldn’t be surprised if it did.. He nearly ended up in jail after that.[/i] She thought to herself as her gaze flickered over to Hartley. [i]But that was just Hartley not divine intervention.[/i]

She snapped out of her thoughts as Crow addressed her. “I say we get back on the main road.” She told then frowned a little. “I wish I had William’s map but I think we’re supposed to travel straight until we reach a town called, uh... Heefern?” She said trying to remember. 

“Hefn.” Hartley piped in. “I’ve heard of that place. I think it's about two or three days from here.” The young thief shrugged his shoulders with uncertainty. Penelope began to head off towards the main road once more.

“Ahh, well I think we start traveling west once we hit Hefn. Though I’m not sure how far out we need to go to hit the castle.” She said. 

“I can’t help you there.. I’ve never been that far west.” Hartley admitted. He shot Penelope a look of concern. “You’re really going through with this? I mean, aside from the godess’ protection, he’s still got tons of guards.”

“Yeah.” Penelope said without hesitation. She looked over at the young thief and shrugged her shoulders. “With some planning and any luck, we’ll be in and out before anyone even realizes we were there.”

Hartley gave a look of doubt and Penelope let out a small sigh. At least he wasn’t about to rat them out to local knights but Penelope wondered how far he would accompany them and if he was still there after they succeeded, would he still remain quiet about them being from Brerra. [i]Perhaps we should consider parting ways before we even get to the castle...[/i] She thought to herself, falling silent as the group walked on.