It took a moment for Penelope to spot Crow at the new table but once she did, she quickly began to walk over to him. A smile tugged at the corner of her lips, unable to completely hide it as she approached the table. "Hey." She greeted him. The knight was just beginning to sit down across from him, eager to tell him the news, when suddenly, she heard an all too familiar voice. "Penelope.. What are you doing here?"

Her excitement gave way to panic and she quickly stood back up, as if hoping that would make it seem like she hadn't been meeting with Crow. The female knight whirled around to face Gavin. Her suitor walked up to her with a confused expression on his face as he looked over her peasant outfit and then, the thief that she was meeting with. Penelope cursed quietly under her breath, wondering how she hadn't noticed the other knight had been following her. She wasn't sure what to tell him, worried about how much she could actually trust him with. To make matters worse, they were at the far end of the room, meaning getting past Gavin wouldn't be easy for Crow if the male knight chose to go after him. 

"Wait.. Is that the thief?" Gavin gawked quietly before going on in a more demanding tone, "Penelope, what's going on?"

"I was.. Just catching up with him." Penelope said quickly. She was normally better at lying but he had caught her off guard. He knew that they had been friends at one point on the journey so she just hoped that was enough for him to buy the narrative that she was trying to push on him. "After the battle the other day, I decided to get in touch with him again." She paused before adding, "He helped us in the fight so I figured I owed him a word of thanks." 

She held her breath as she watched Gavin's reaction, hoping that he would accept her words. Though the male knight seemed a little uncertain about the situation in front of him, he eventually gave a small nod of his head. "I see.." 

Trying to recover from her shock, Penelope cleared her throat awkwardly and paused before turning to Crow. She met his gaze for a moment before quickly averting her eyes away from him. "Crow, this is Gavin," She introduced. The knight paused before adding reluctantly. "my suitor."