Penelope wrapped her arms around herself as Crow responded to her. His words were warm and made her believe that he was truly just there because he had missed her. [i]Why is he acting like this..[/i] The knight wondered. It didn't add up to her. Even if he wasn't mad about her leaving him behind, surely he had worked to move on just like she had. It had been two years after all. [i]Maybe it's just because he doesn't know the full story behind what happened.[/i] She thought suddenly. He had likely just been forced to put two and two together since she had never appeared or met up with him to explain what happened. 

As he tilted her head up, Penelope noticed him falter as he finally noticed the scar on her face. She flinched a little as he traced the scar with his hand. The knight wasn't insecure about how she looked now with the new scars she bore but they also served as reminds of her failures and what she had lost. "A mercenary." She answered him quietly before adding with a hit of frustration. "Though.. I might as well have just done it to myself.. Anyways, that one isn't even the worst one."

Deciding Crow deserved to understand what had happened two years ago, Penelope shifted her armor and pulled her shirt up a little ways to reveal part of the long scar that was now located on her torso. "This is the one that almost killed me," She paused, hesitate to speak with him about the past even though she had decided to tell him,"It's from the time William and I were attacked on the way back. I healed from it.. Then immediately went out to go try and track down the mercenaries that took the staff with William. The closest we got was a mercenary who spoke their language but that just ended up with me getting the scar on my face.

I still wanted to keep trying though.. Lucky for me William was smart enough to know when to stop. He made me realize how impulsive and ridiculous I was being so after that, I gave up." Penelope lowered her shirt and shifted her armor back into place. She looked over at Crow and gave him an apologetic look. "I'm not sure what you heard about the failed mission but I figured it was enough to realize I wasn't coming. I'm sorry.. For never showing up.. Never bothering to explain what had happened. I just didn't see the point. I knew I had to be here for my family, and now even my friends," She looked over her shoulder at the camp then focused back to Crow, looking a bit pained as she went on, "and that meant leaving you behind. I'm sorry."