It didn't take long for Penelope to catch up to the other two knights. Gavin and Olivia came into view as she neared the village's edge and she quickly joined them as they began the finally leg of their trip back to camp. The male knight noticeably relaxed now that they had parted ways with Crow and Olivia seemed eager to get back to camp to rest. Penelope fell instep besides her friend, letting a silence fall over the three tired knights as they made their way back to camp. 

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"Well, well, well look who's back. I see you had a successful trip."

Of course the first face they would see upon their return was Layth, who damn near seemed pleased to see them return to camp empty handed. It was already nightfall by the time the three reached their camp and Layth had spotted them returning during his guard duty. Penelope rolled her eyes at her brother. Though he annoyed her, part of her was glad to see that he was still in one piece. There had been a chance that the thieves would strike again or that Younis would attack during her trip away. However, after doing a quick survey of the camp, it seemed that there had been no other attacks in their absence. 

"How do you know if we did or didn't?" Gavin challenged, seeming overly irritated. Penelope guessed he was tired from the traveling as well as still having a bit of left over frustration after working with Crow so much. "Just because we didn't return with the thieves doesn't mean we didn't find anything out."

Layth glared at the other knight and folded his arms over his chest before shifting his gaze to his sister. "Well, did you find anything?"

"Something, yes." Penelope replied vaguely, which annoyed her brother. She shrugged her shoulders at his questioning gaze. "You'll hear everything once I report to Mia tomorrow morning. I figure the barons deserve to be the first ones to hear about the trip after all. Unless you think otherwise?"

"Fine." Layth spat. "I doubt you have any useful information anyways."

"I guess that'll be for the barons to decide." Gavin remarked. 

Olivia groaned and pushed past the other knights, letting out a tired yawn. "Blah, blah blah. It's been a long trip, I'm tired, and I just want to get to bed. Goodnight." she gave a careless wave of her hand as she walked off towards her tent. 

Gavin watched her go for a moment before glancing between Layth and Penelope. "I suppose she had the right idea." he mused and let out a long exhale. 

Penelope nodded her head in agreement. "We should get to bed too." she told Gavin before looking over at Layth. "Enjoy the rest of your guard duty, brother." She nodded her head to the two male knights before parting ways from them and heading to her tent. Feeling the weight of the day hit her, she didn't doubt that sleep would come fast once she laid down in her bed.