"Hold still."

Penelope gritted her teeth as Jane cleaned the small gash on her side with alcohol. The sting of the liquid made the small injury feel much worse and as it finally dulled down, she relaxed a little and let out a long breath. The physician proceeded to wrap a bandage over it and then stepped back, eying her work for a moment before giving a nod of approval. "Alright you should be fine now. You know, you just keep getting lucky. A little deeper and that would might have been a serious problem." Jane mused. 

"If that's the case I don't want to know what it's like to be unlucky." Penelope muttered a bit dryly. 

"No you don't." Jane agreed as she gathered her supplies. "Just don't exert yourself and you should heal up just fine in a couple days." 

"Thank you." Penelope nodded and watched as the physician walked away. She turned her head to look over as Olivia walked up to her. The other female knight was walking with a slight limp, having received a hit to her right leg with a mace that left her with a nasty bruise. However, she otherwise appeared to be in good health, which Penelope was thankful for. Olivia moved and stiffly sat down besides her, letting out a long groan as she shifted to attempt to get comfortable. 

"Oh I can't wait to get back to camp." Olivia sighed. "It's only been two days but I miss my bedroll so much right now." 

"One more day." Penelope assured her friend as she leaned back on the palms of her hands. "And hopefully we won't be leaving camp for a while after that." 

"I'll say. We might have won but gods I'm exhausted." Olivia said with an exaggerated yawn. "I don't think I'll leave camp for a week." 

"Right." Penelope chuckled. 

Olivia fell silent for a moment and swept her gaze over the battalion of knights before turning her attention back over to Penelope. "So how's your ex-suitor doing? He wasn't looking too good yesterday." 

"He's alright." Penelope mumbled shifting her gaze to glance over at Gavin, who was speaking quietly with another knight. She frowned a little and looked back over at her friend. "He lost a close friend and he hasn't really had a chance to deal with that yet. I'm sure he'll be back to usual soon, he just needs some time." 

"Well, he's tougher than I thought." Olivia commented with a shrug. "I'm surprised he didn't fold during this battle.. But then again, he did have you coddling him.. Speaking of which," she smirked and raised an eyebrow at Penelope questioningly. "I've noticed you two have been hanging out a lot more again. Something going on there, Penelope?"

Penelope rolled her eyes at Olivia's suggestive question. "You know I wouldn't do that.. We're just becoming friends again. I'm-" the knight paused and lowered her voice to avoid anyone overhearing."still with Crow."

"Figures. You don't know how to have fun." Olivia pouted. "It's nice to have a little variety in your life sometimes... Even you know that." She winked. 

"I only acted like that for short time a year ago." Penelope grumbled defensively. She shook her head and eyed Olivia with a hint of curiosity. "You don't have any plans to ever settle down do you?"

"Nope~!" Olivia giggled and shrugged her shoulders. "Not unless I'm forced into a marriage like you were. Or maybe when if I get old and my looks start to fade."

Penelope shook her head a little at Olivia's words. Though she smiled in amusement, Olivia's words sounded a bit lonely to the knight. She understood them though, having gone through times in her life when she had no plans for marriage or starting a family both before meeting Crow and then shortly after losing him. Olivia was different though. She was never overly focused on her career like Penelope had one been and as far Penelope knew, she had never been in a long term relationship before either. It was strange to think Olivia was satisfied with how her life was but perhaps that was what fitted her best. 

"Well that could always change you know. Met the right guy and all your plans now will just unfold." Penelope mumbled, thinking of Crow. 

"You and your lovestruck ass." Olivia laughed and shook her head. "Nah, I like my plans too much. Besides if I actually fell for someone that'd mean I wouldn't be able to make fun of you anymore so where's the fun in that?"

"Whatever." Penelope snorted and gave her a small push. She paused before lowering her gaze to the ground as she went on in a quiet voice, "By the way... Did you happen to see him today? During the battle I mean."

"Hm?" Olivia raised an eyebrow and then shook her head. "No. I think I saw a couple of the others amongst the villagers though. Why? Worried?"

"A little." Penelope admitted vaguely. She was a little relieved to hear that Olivia hadn't seen him during the battle either. Perhaps Crow had decided to stay out of it after all. She looked over at Olivia and gave a small smile. "It's not important. Anyways, I think I'm going to try and get some sleep. I'm tired."

"Yeah me too." Olivia agreed as she stood up. "Night, Penelope."

"Night Olivia." The two gave a small wave goodbye before Olivia moved to rest closer to a small camp fire while Penelope remained where she was. It was barely sunset but she was tired from the long two days and knowing they had a whole trip back to camp the next day made her decide it was best to retire to bed early. Feeling a little better about Crow, she laid down on the forest floor and closed her eyes as she attempted to get some sleep.