Penelope looked over at him curiously as he didn't reply right away. She wondered why he was reluctant to explain but didn't push further as he finally answered her. She gave a small nod as she listened to his explanation, soon writing off his hesitance as perhaps embarrassment over getting caught in the first place. "Well at least it worked out.. Sorta." She mused with a small shrug. 

"Speaking of patrols," The knight began, recalling the information she had come to tell him. "they'll probably be dying down now. After you escaped, Layth made sure to try and send out as many as possible but after three days of looking, the barons finally decided it was best to slow down since it was beginning to feel like a waste of time for them." Penelope sighed and shook her head. "My brother, of course, is still hell bent on trying to track you down so he still goes out on patrols. However, I assume he'll be pretty easy to avoid.

"No word on the next battle yet but the barons are sending a request to the king for more supplies. From what I can tell, they want to wait until they receive them before launching any attack. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe a couple of..," Penelope trailed off as a new sound caught her attention. The sound of raindrops hitting the roof of the tavern made the knight become rigid and her eyes drifted to a nearby window, watching as the storm began to hit outside. The knight paled. "weeks... Damn it I stayed too long." She breathed, as an all too familiar panic began to rise in her. She silently cursed herself for forgetting about the storm. If she had just focused on getting the meeting over with, she could have been half way back to camp by now!

[i]Maybe I can still make it.[/i] She thought hopefully. It seemed to just be rain right now. While the rain still gave her panic, she was usually able to push through it without much trouble, unlike when lightning and thunder came into play. "Sorry, I've got to go." She told Crow in a hurry as she abruptly got up to her feet and turned to head for the door.