Penelope stood quietly as she listened to Layth speak with the barons. The female knight was still on edge with the situation and   shifted slightly as Layth offered to lead the interrogation. It seemed that her brother was determined to make Crow suffer, his pride likely still hurting from nearly being killed by the thief. However, she couldn't help but wonder how her brother had even managed to catch him. [i]Maybe it's because Crow spared him?[/i] She thought, feeling a stab of guilt. Perhaps the thief wasn't able to find a way out that didn't include killing her brother and instead got caught. It didn't seem too unlikely. 

"Can we trust you with such a task?" Mia questioned Layth, narrowing her eyes. "It seems even this thief knows something about how reckless you can be."

"Mia you have no right to accuse my lieutenant in such a way." Edward growled as he turned to shoot a look of warning at the baroness. 

Seeing her chance, Penelope took a small step forward to address the barons. "He might be a bit too eager to inflict serious injury. We won't learn anything if he kills him before the thief talks." She stated, siding quickly with her baroness. "Let me do it. I've more experience than my brother in dealing with thieves, I'm sure I can handle interrogating one." 

"And he escaped from you before." Layth said venomously, glaring at both Mia and Penelope. 

"He's right." Edward mused shoot a glare at Penelope. "Your failure to not only bring back the staff from Younis but the thief as well proves you're incompetent. Stay out of this." Penelope pursed her lips together in a thin line, frustrated with her family's quickness to remind her of her failure. It seemed getting Crow an easy way out wouldn't be possible with those two arguing against her. The female knight took a step back. She'd have to figure out a different way to help him.

"It's best not to get your hands dirty anyways, Penelope." Mia murmured to her comfortingly. "Always leave your dirty work to those dirty enough to do it."

Edward stood up a bit straighter, looking pleased to have silenced Penelope. He turned his gaze to look at Bennet and then Mia. "I assure you my lieutenant can handle this interrogation just fine. He was the one who managed to track him down and catch him after all. Surely he must be skilled enough to handle this." He boasted, making Layth hold his head up pridefully. 

"I'm uninterested in this." Mia sighed crossing her arms as her gaze fell upon Crow yet again. "Do what you wish. We have bigger issues than thieves. Especially since I doubt much will come from this." 

"I trust your judgement." Bennet nodded to Edward.

Edward looked pleased and turned his head back to Layth. "It's agreed then. Layth, you may lead the interrogation."