Penelope frowned at his reply. She felt a heavy stab of guilt as he mentioned the hard decisions he had made due to the war. A war that should have never happened. The knight still blamed herself for the failed mission. If she had only been a little more cautious, maybe she could have seen the attack coming. If only she had been more alert or done something, anything, different, maybe she could have saved the future she had wanted with Crow. Not to mention how she had hurt the man she loved. Or rather 'had loved' as she preferred to tell herself despite how her heart still beat excitedly when she saw him.

[i]Perhaps I don't deserve an actual answer..[/i] She had been planning to push him to tell her more but the knight decided it was probably best if she didn't. He hadn't seemed proud of this new change so it gave her enough evidence to believe he hadn't completely changed for now. Though, she still didn't want to just directly move onto the business part of their meeting. "You know I'd always make time to listen, Crow." She told him, still looking concerned. "War can change you, but please, don't let it ruin you." 

She let out a small exhale and leaned against the table in front of her. "Anyways," She mumbled. "there's not much to report this time. The scouts will probably die down for a while since we have quite a few injured still recovering from the battle so the barons will want to make sure the camp is always well protected. From what I've heard, the next battle won't be for a while either. Maybe a week or so. Brerra may have won but we're still licking our wounds." Penelope shrugged her shoulders. 

The knight paused before glancing over at him. "Also... the barons might start to enforce a rule that will help protect the people of the outer village... That is, if I can convince my uncle and the other baron that it's worth it."