Penelope looked up at Crow as he smirked at her. She was hesitant to accept his help, believing that he should have left to go back to his camp. However, she didn't protest as he moved to her side to support her. As he held her against him, she felt her heart begin to hammer despite herself. He was just helping her and nothing more but that didn't help calm her heart. [i]It must just be because of old feelings..[/i] She told herself, trying to dismiss what she felt. She still cared for him so of course old feelings would occasionally stir when they got close like they were. However, they were a bit stronger than she expected. 

The knight nodded her head at his words. "Alright." She agreed quietly, shifting her gaze away from him. "Thank you." As they began to walk, she tried to only lean lightly against him, feeling a bit overly conscious of how close he was to her. However, she found that it was still difficult to walk when she only partially leaned into him so eventually the knight caved in and pressed a little more fully into his side so she would be able to keep up without slowing them down. 

A small silence lapsed over her, causing for her mind to wander a bit. The situation reminded her of the time after they had fallen into the river and he had helped her back to the town after she had been too tired to make the journey back on her own. It was the first time they had put trust in each other as they made the deal for him to complete the mission and for her to let him go after. So much had changed since then but yet, somehow they ended up in a similar situation, which caused for her to wonder if that much had really changed. She snuck a glance over at Crow and felt her heart pound a bit faster once again. She quickly averted her gaze and tried to focus on something else. Perhaps it would be harder to ignore what remained of her old feelings than she thought, especially when she kept thinking about the past.

"So what's the plan?" She finally asked, breaking the silence and trying to focus on the present in hopes to calm her pounding heart. "I know we can hide from the knights and all but at some point, we're both going to have to get back to our camps. And while I appreciate the help, we both know you taking me all the way to the knight's camp is too risky."