Penelope blinked as the thief shyed away from her touch. It seemed she had been right in assuming his words were a lie and even worse it nearly seemed to the knight that he was trying to put some distance between them still. As he admitted that it was something else, the knight frowned at how heavy his words sounded. Her stomach churned with worry. Now that she knew something else was wrong, she wasn't quite sure she was willing to simply ignore it because he didn't want to talk about it yet, especially since it seemed rather serious. 

In the next moment, the thief suddenly erupted into a coughing fit and her eyes widened with alarm. Ever since Hazel had found the cure for the illness, she hadn't seen any sign of it in Crow during their meetings. She recalled that Hazel said he might not ever be fully cured so perhaps it was just that, but after hearing the heaviness in his words, she couldn't help but fear that perhaps his illness was coming back again. Her heart pounded fearfully at the thought and she glanced ahead, noticing that Gavin was glancing over his shoulder at them questioningly. 

Penelope pursed her lips together and pulled Crow to a stop with her before waving dismissively to the male knight. If Crow was still sick, she was certain he didn't want the other two knights finding out. Especially Gavin. "We'll catch up in a moment. Just need a water break." 

"We need to keep moving, we just barely left camp." Gavin responded with a frown, clearly not noticing the blood on the ground due to the distance. 

"Well [i]you[/i] can keep moving. We'll catch up eventually so don't worry about it." Penelope stated firmly. She held Gavin's gaze until he let out a reluctant sigh and nodded his head. 

"Just don't fall too far behind.." he mumbled, before looking back ahead and walking on. Olivia paused, seeming tempted to try and stay with Penelope and Crow but one stern expression from the female knight made her decide against it and trail after Gavin. 

With the other two leaving them, Penelope turned to Crow with a worried look. "Crow, what's going on?" she asked him with a hint of sternness still in her voice. She took a step closer to him, trying to meet his gaze as she looked up at him. "Please... If it's something serious, tell me.. Maybe I can help you. Whatever it is, you don't have to handle it alone."