Penelope listened quietly as Crow began to tell her more about the outer villages.  Most of what he told her was rather new information and came as a bit of a surprise to her. Especially the part of how different the cultures were in each town. Even though she had occasionally traveled to the outer villages during her time as a knight, she usually was never there long enough to really notice the changes in the various towns.

She had assumed that they were like the inner towns of the kingdom. The inner villages of Brerra were virtually all the same. Nobles didn't change from one spot to another and neither did the culture they had. It gave a sense of unity among nobles that Penelope was beginning to think also took away from the unity of family that Crow described the outer villages to have. Though nobles didn't completely disregard the value of family, she doubted it was as highly valued, partly from her own experiences with less than accepting family members. 

She looked over at Crow and smiled to herself. The knight found it rather cute how he seemed to really enjoy speaking about his experiences and the outer villages. It actually made her feel a bit bad for not questioning him about it sooner. She supposed she was usually reluctant to ask him about such things since she had grown used to not pushing to learn more about him, even despite how much he had told her and how open he was now. [i]I shouldn't hesitate about that anymore... His secrets have become mine anyways.[/i] Penelope thought.

Her gaze swept over their surroundings again as they rode before looking back over at Crow, catching his bashful look. She was a little confused as to why he was giving that expression at first until he went on to talk about their future plans. Penelope looked at him affectionately. She wasn't sure why speaking about the ideas he had been making for their future made him bashful but she found it rather endearing. "I think it sounds lovely." she murmured, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "I'm looking forward to seeing it for myself. It sounds very different than what I'm used but I don't think that's a bad thing."