Penelope watched as Crow ran off. The knight closed her eyes tightly, feeling sick at what had happened. "Penelope!" A concerned voice caught her attention and she turned her head to see Gavin sprinting towards her. As he reached her, the male knight frowned and carefully moved her hand away from her wound to check the damage. "It's deep.. You need to get bandages... Damnit Penelope I told you not to get in the middle of it!" He chided her. 

Though she knew he was just angry because he was concerned about her well being, she found herself still seething from Crow's lack of mercy. She shot Gavin a defiant glare. "He was going to kill him, I had to do something." She spat. 

"Yes but now you're hurt because you defended the thief. Did Layth realize..?" 

Penelope blinked and looked up at Gavin. it hit her that the male knight thought that Layth had gotten close to killing Crow rather than the other way around. "No... Layth was the one that almost died not.. Crow." She mumbled averting her gaze as Gavin stared at her shocked. 

"That's... That's even worse, Penelope. I told you he was dangerous! You should have helped your brother take him down not let him get away." Gavin lectured her. 

Penelope opened her mouth to argue but her words fell short. Could she honestly say that he was wrong? Her shoulder was wounded because of Crow's willingness to kill her brother. Though she had seen him cut down a few of her comrades before, she had trusted the thief would have spared her brother. [i]I guess.. I misjudged him. I got too wrapped up in how much I still care for him..[/i] She thought with another pang of pain. There was no denying that part of her had remained rather loyal to Crow, despite all the choices she had made. Though she was beginning to think that loyalty was one-sided and wondered if Crow would have been as willing to attack her as he had any other Brerratic knight. Of course, she wasn't reckless like her brother and the logical part of her told her that Crow had only fought Layth to defend. 

However, as she felt her shoulder sting with pain as she moved it slightly, she suddenly wasn't so sure. 

Penelope felt a bit sick at the thought and barely noticed that Gavin had wrapped an arm protectively around her or that Mia was calling for the Brerratic force to retreat. The Younisians had overwhelmed them and the village. Gavin sighed and guided her away with the rest of the retreating knights. Penelope blindly followed, still reeling from the fact that Crow had tried to kill her brother and had ended up injuring her in the process.