Penelope listened to Crow as he told her about his time before getting caught. She had partly known about Crow causing his own capture. Word spread around the castle like wildfire during that time when they were preparing for his attempt to steal the crown. She smiled back at him as he met her gaze. “Well, glad I could be the light at the end of the tunnel.” She said jokingly. 

Her smile faltered a bit as Crow brought up her mother. She didn’t mind sharing what she knew with him but it was still a bit of a painful subject for her, especially when she barely knew anything. “I only know what my brother has told me.” Penelope admitted. “But, my brother’s view of my mother has never been great.. Anyways, yeah she was a peasant. She actually worked as a servant for my family, which was how she met my father.

“My father was married at the time to a noblewoman and they already had Layth... Layth claims that my mother seduced our father to ruin our family. But I think he’s just bitter about the past.” Penelope gave a sad smile. “I think that they just fell in love... Eventually his wife found out though and was furious. She was planning on sending my mother away, but my father stepped in. He chose the servant over his wife. So his wife left him, leaving behind Layth too. Our family was furious with his decision so they kicked my parents and Layth.” Penelope shrugged her shoulders.

“After that they lived in an outer village where my mother was from and lived with her sister for a small time. I was actually born there and even lived there for a little while. I think I was about five before we finally moved back to the family manor so I don’t really remember a lot from that time.” She explained. “But that’s all I know really..”

Penelope paused after her words as she thought about what to ask Crow. She recalled their first time playing this game and remembered that before he gave the story, he had mentioned that Crow wasn’t his real name. It wasn’t that shocking and at the time, the knight hadn’t been all that interested in digging such information out of him. However, now she founded herself slowly growing more curious. [i]I love him but I don’t even know his first name..[/i] She thought with some amusement. With that thought, she couldn’t help but wonder how many people out there even knew his real name. She doubted there were many, if any at all, considering both how guarded Crow was and how the lifestyle of a thief usually meant surviving alone. 

The knight hesitated in asking the question. It felt a bit strange to ask after having been around him a while now, even falling for him along the way. “Crow, what is your real name?” She finally asked meeting his gaze. “Y-You don’t have to answer.. You can tell me something else if you prefer.. I was just curious."