As he agreed, she continued on her path towards the slope she had taken cover at before. It was dense and rocky so she imagined that they'd be able to hide there without much trouble, so long as they maintained a good distance between themselves and the patrol. She figured it would be relatively easy to do since neither her nor Crow were weighed down with armor like the knights. However, as they continued on, she noticed Crow falling behind her a bit. 

At his panting, she glanced over her shoulder at him. She found it strange that the thief was already seeming to slow down from their short bit of running. When they had escaped from the guards before, he hadn't gotten tired that quickly. So what was different now? [i]Is he injured?[/i] The knight blinked in alarm as the thought crossed her mind. He seemed to be in one piece and had been healing from the wounds her brother had inflicted but perhaps he had gotten another injury during his travel to Younis. It seemed likely and it quickly filled the knight with alarm at the thought of his potential injury being reopened. 

"We're almost there. It's just a little further." She tried to assure him as she glanced towards the knights. It'd be difficult to slip away from them if Crow was already slowing down. They needed to keep their lead. [i]Or at least get out of their line of sight..[/i] She thought. The knight smirked a little as an idea came to her mind and soon began to weave her way through the trees. Though she wasn't even close to being as skilled as Crow, Penelope was a fast learner and had picked up on a couple of tricks. 

Glancing over her shoulder, a small gleam of satisfaction was present in her gaze as she noticed that the additional movement had caused for the knights to fall further behind. She casted Crow a worried glance before looking back ahead. The slope came into sight and she hurried towards it. "It's right ahead, come on." She encouraged him, already eying a boulder for them to duck behind to hide from the knights.