Penelope looked over at Crow as he mentioned meeting with the queen’s attendant. She raised an eyebrow at him as she recalled seeing Lily leave the palace that afternoon. “Oh, so you were the man Lily was sneaking off to see.” She mused as she put two and two together. She guessed that he had charmed the servant somehow and though she wasn’t ecstatic about it, she knew it was just for the mission. Besides, after all they had been through during their journey, she trusted him. She nodded as he mentioned learning where the staircase was. 

“Alright. I think I have a sense of where that would be..” She said before moving to continue on down the hall. She hadn’t seen the stairs herself since the stairs she had climbed were different than what he mentioned. The knight kept alert as they traveled towards the staircase, despite the seemingly empty hall. Penelope fell silent for a while, still feeling anxious as she began to take notice of the weather outside. The rain was beginning to pick up and Penelope worried about what might follow. [i]That’s not good...[/i] She knew she needed to get her mind off of it.

She glanced over at Crow and decided to try to keep things light while they still could. She moved to fall in step besides him and gave a quiet [i]tsk[/i] as she looked up at him. Penelope smirked at him teasingly. “So, I leave your side for one day and you’re already chasing after other women." She kept her voice quiet as she was still on alert for anyone else in the halls. She shook her head at him with mock disapproval. “I don’t know what I’m going to do with you.”

The knight suddenly paused as they drew closer to the stairs. Voices ahead caught her attention and she quickly slowed her pace. Her gaze shifted over to Crow, making sure he picked up on someone else being nearby. [i]Guards?[/i] She mouthed to him as she tried to peak around the wall that hid them from view.