Her gaze softened and she returned his smile at warm words. Her smile faded a bit as he pointed out that they would need to be parting ways. Penelope glanced ahead at the other two knights, knowing that it was probably best for them to part now since Gavin likely needed help dealing with Olivia. She imagined that his patience was wearing thin after all that had occurred. Slowing down besides Crow, she turned to him and nodded her head. "That should work." She agreed. 

Penelope smiled up at him and slowed to a stop again so she could kiss him again, this time lingering around longer. As she pulled back, she met his gaze and gave a small grin. "I'll see you tomorrow. And with any luck, we won't have to part again for a few days." She couldn't help but be excited by the chance to travel with him for a few days since it meant they wouldn't have to separate for a while, even though they'd be looking for dangerous enemies and have the company of the other two knights. Having already been on a dangerous mission with him before, Penelope knew very well that they'd still be able to make the most of the time they'd have together. Provided him and Gavin could keep from clashing again. 

"I love you and I'll see you tomorrow." she told him before pressing a kiss to his cheek. Having said her goodbye,, she reluctantly stepped away from him and turned to catch up with her comrades. She noticed that Gavin had slowed his pace slightly and was occasionally glancing over his shoulder, likely checking on her. At his side was Olivia, whom she could tell the male knight was trying to keep a careful eye on despite being a bit distracted. Penelope picked up her pace slightly and came up besides Olivia. 

"How's she been so far?" she asked him as she eyed her friend. 

Olivia looked at Penelope and crossed her arms. "Oh pleassssee. I'm not tha drunk." 

"You're drunk enough." Gavin grumbled, still clearly in a foul mood. 

The other female knight ignored him and turned to Penelope with a curious look. "So where'd lover boy go?"

"He's leaving to go set up camp for the night." she told her with a shrug. "It's just us now... But we'll have to meet him midday tomorrow."

Gavin turned to look over at her with a frown. "We're still working with him?" he questioned and shook his head. "You saw how he was back there and he lead us to a dead end anyways. Penelope I think it's time we work on our own. He's probably-"

"What he did back there was wrong and he realizes that." Penelope assured the male knight, meeting his gaze. "And I'm thankful that you stopped before the situation got even more out of hand, Gavin, but you also need to stop accusing him so much. He's not working against us and he's the best chance we have of catching the actual criminals that attacked our camp." She paused and shifted her gaze ahead. "I'm not saying you have to trust him or even get along with him but just stop trying shift the blame onto him. We'll be able to avoid more trouble that way."

Gavin fell quiet and shifted his gaze to the ground in thought. Penelope waited a moment longer for an answer but as one never came, she decided to go on to fill in the other two about the upcoming plans to travel to Aramoor and get permission from Mia for the long trip.