The rest of the day went by rather slowly for the knight. Penelope felt herself having a bit of trouble throwing herself back into the swing of things after spending so many days away from camp. Due to this, she was a bit slow in doing some rather simple tasks as she spent her evening with Tomas, who had taken it upon himself to show her how they were splitting up supplies as well as what they could afford to give the patrol for their second journey. "You should be able to take enough to last you to Wheldrake." the older lieutenant mused as he eyed some half full crates of food. "It should take what another four days or so?" "Possibly." Penelope replied and gave a thoughtful look before adding, "but if we do manage to catch up with the thieves it could take longer.. It might be best if we take a little extra. Do you think we can spare it?" While she was mainly concerned about them possibly taking a couple extra days if the mission panned out, she also wanted to make sure Crow was accounted for as well. She knew the thief would likely pack his own supplies but knowing that the thieves had fewer supplies than the knights did anyways, she couldn't help but want to make sure he didn't get left out or low on supplies. "I suppose." Tomas said with a slow nod. "When are you planning to leave again?" "In a day. I'm sure Gavin will probably stop sometime tomorrow just to prepare. You know how he is." Penelope said with a shrug. Tomas gave a small chuckle and nodded his head. "Alright, well tell him to find me when he starts packing. I can at least help you be prepared for the trip... You guys might be close to catching the thieves so I want to make sure you're ready." A somber expression took over the older man as he mentioned the thieves. "We lost too many that night and it wasn't even a battle.. We can't let them do something like that again." "We won't." Penelope agreed firmly. "I'll make sure we catch them." The female knight gave him a determined look that seemed to cheer up Tomas slightly and he nodded his head in agreement. Relaxing a little again, she gave him a small smile. "By the way thanks for taking over my duties while I'm away. I certainly wouldn't have gotten Mia's approval without your help. I'll owe you one once things settle down." "It's not a problem." Tomas shrugged his shoulders. "It's for good cause after all and I don't mind it really." He pushed back one of the crates into place before turning to leave the supply tent. As he stepped outside, Penelope followed after him and eyed the darkening sky. "You should get to bed soon." he advised, turning back to her. "Mia wants to speak with you tomorrow to go over a few more plans before you head out again." Penelope nodded her head. "I'll be sure to visit her first thing in the morning then." she promised. "Thanks again Tomas." She dipped her head to the older lieutenant before turning and beginning to make her way over to where they were serving dinner. Grabbing a quick bite to eat, the knight mainly kept to herself as she contemplated what their second trip out would bring. After talking with the others, she sure hoped their lead would turn out much more solid than it was currently. She eventually retired to her tent as night fell, eager to get some rest. It didn't take long for the knight to fall into a light sleep as her mind buzzed about all they still had to face in the upcoming days. --- As morning came, Penelope got a slower start on the day than she had originally planned. Olivia quickly joined her for breakfast, at first in hopes of getting the lieutenant to agree to wait a couple more days before they headed out. However, that of course didn't pan out as Penelope remained firm in her decision, especially since she had already agreed with Crow on when they would met again. The thought of the thief also made her eager to see him again, despite only being separated for a short time. "Fine, fine but can you at least make sure Gavin isn't waking us up at the crack of dawn every day?" Olivia pleaded with an exaggerated sigh. Penelope rolled her eyes at her friend. "I can try but you know how he is.. I think he's getting to the point where he doesn't trust even me anymore." "Only because he thinks a certain thief is whispering in your ear." Olivia waved a hand dismissively. "Take it as a slow sign of him losing faith that you'll change your mind and go back to him." "To be fair, I doubt it's just because of jealousy.. He really thinks Crow was behind what happened and without any evidence to prove otherwise, I think his patience is wearing thin. I just hope we find evidence of the other thieves before it runs out." Penelope sighed softly. "Hopefully.. If we don't it'll be interesting to see how that plays out." Olivia mused then shrugged her shoulders. "But luckily for you, that ex-suitor of yours has a good deal of patience so I doubt it'll run out anytime soon." "Yeah.." Penelope mumbled then flickered gaze away. Recalling that she needed to go met with Mia, the knight blinked and hurriedly rose up to her feet. "Ah, I gotta go see Mia. Sorry Olivia, I'll catch up with you after." she said with a small wave before she turned and headed off towards the baroness' tent.