Penelope lowered her gaze at Crow's hoarse words. She nodded silently, only looking up again to see him leave just as quickly as he came. As he disappeared from sight, the knight was left alone on her watch yet again. First, a sniffle escaped her and then before long she crouched down to bury her head in her hands as she was unable to stop herself from silently crying. [i]Damnit.. It's been two years.[/i] She thought wiping away a couple tears. [i]I have Gavin now.. I have a good job.. It-it shouldn't hurt this much..[/i] Yet it did. It nearly made the knight think about actually chasing after him and changing her mind. But there was no sense in that. So instead, she just let herself feel the grief over losing Crow all over again. She hoped that by doing this, it would eventually fade away like it had before so she could focus back on the life laid out in front of her. --- As her watch slowly drew to an end, Penelope pulled herself back together, hoping that no one would pick up on the slight change in the knight after her sudden reunion with Crow. She soon her footsteps approaching and turned her head to see Alan appear to take her off her shift. "Mornin' Penelope." He greeted with a tired yawn. "Morning." Penelope muttered. She gave him a small dip of her head before abruptly walking away as he took her spot. She felt his questioning gaze rest on her back as she left but in that moment, Penelope didn't quite care about what he thought. The female knight just wanted to retire to her tent. Which she was luckily able to do without anyone getting in the way. Once inside, she immediately took of her armor and settled down for the night. She wrapped herself tightly with her blanket and closed her eyes, willing herself to try and forget the events of the night. She soon drifted off, falling into a light sleep. -- "Penelope~ Time to get up and tell me how your shift went~" A familiar and teasing voice came from close by, stirring her from her slumber. Penelope groaned and slowly opened her eyes. She turned her head to see Olivia was the one that had woken her up. The other female knight had a wide smirk on her face and was looking expectantly at Penelope. It took her a moment but soon the events from the night before came flooding back to her. She nearly thought it had been a bad dream but Olivia's expression told her it wasn't. Feeling a flash of anger, Penelope glared at the other female knight as she sat up. "You had no right to do what you did." She growled. "What?" Olivia faked a frown. "I just thought you'd like to see an old friend! Plus you have to admit that the two years out of prison did him some real justice." "Olivia, I left him behind for a reason. You should have just stayed out of it." "The poor guy thought you were dead." Olivia shrugged. "Anyways tell me what happened! Come on! You know your secret's safe with me." Penelope deflated a little at Olivia's words. She really wasn't that mad at what she did. It was just hard to accept the situation that had occurred. It just would have been easier to have never reunited with Crow, then she wouldn't have to feel like she was losing him all over again. "I.. I don't feel like talking about it, Olivia.." She mumbled with defeat as she stood up and began to walk towards the exit of her tent. "Uh oh." Olivia mused with a knowing smirk as she followed Penelope out into the camp.