Penelope glanced over her shoulder at Crow as Gavin accused him again. The silence that fell from the thief made her feel a little uneasy but she guessed that perhaps he wasn't willing to share whatever information he had due to Gavin's presence. At his words, the knight frowned slightly. "I wish we could do that.. It would be simpler." she mumbled and let out a soft sigh. "But our supplies are at an all time low.. If there's even a chance that they kept some of them, then we need to find them. Getting more supplies from the king would take another week or so."

"Don't ignore how quick he was to try and dismiss this." Gavin warned her as he eyed Crow. "He's responsible for this and he's trying to just brush it aside!"

Penelope crossed her arms and glared at Gavin. Though she did believe Crow might have had some type of information, she still believed he was merely keeping it to himself because of Gavin. Plus the male knight's constant accusation of Crow was beginning to get on her nerves. Crow had clearly been clueless when she had accused him and she wished Gavin would accept that it wasn't him already. "Enough, Gavin. He didn't do it." she snapped sternly at her ex-suitor. "And you constantly barking that he did isn't going to change my mind on this."

Gavin wavered slightly and frowned at her sternness. "Penelope, I'm just trying to-"

"I don't need or want your protection." She added, sharply cutting him off. Penelope paused then shifted closer to Crow, briefly remembering how touchy Gavin had been with her that morning. She had allowed it at the time because of her distress over the situation but now she was beginning to realize that had been a mistake. The male knight was all too quick to jump at the chance to turn her against Crow and she realized that the thief likely hadn't been too wrong in his assumptions about him. "Just because you want it to be his doing doesn't mean that it is Gavin."

Gavin flinched slightly. "That's not it.. I just want to help you."

"Then help me find who actually did it tomorrow." Penelope grumbled then let out a long sigh as she looked over at Crow. "There's going to be a lot of patrols out in the coming days. We can't risk them attacking us again. It's another reason why we can't just let this go so easily." Penelope went on. "If they hit us as hard as they did last night, we'll keep losing supplies and people no matter how many times we request the king for more." The knight shuddered at the thought. Whoever had attacked them had made a clean getaway after killing all of the guards. They needed to deal with this unknown enemy as quickly as possible before they had a chance to strike the camp again. They clearly weren't as merciful as Crow and his thieves so Penelope didn't want to just forget about it so quickly. [i]I owe Millicent some sense of justice..[/i] she thought with a small pang of guilt. Even though she now knew it wasn't Crow's intention, she still felt guilty for her comrade's death. It was suppose to her guard shift after all.