Penelope gave a nod, glad to hear that everyone was at least somewhat on the same page. As he moved closer to her and took her hand in his, she gave him a questioning look and was about to glance over her shoulder towards the other thieves when he informed her that they had no reason to hide anymore. She blinked and then gave a small smile before nodding her head. "Of course." she mumbled, feeling a small bit of joy that they didn't have to put a ton of distance between each other. 

That joy was soon squished as Rikki popped up on the other side of Crow, causing for Penelope to grow a bit tense despite herself. The knight shifted her gaze to focus ahead as they walked, intent on trying push away any discomfort she felt, however, it seemed that wouldn't be easy to do as Rikki went on to address her directly. She turned to look over at Rikki, catching the faint edge to her words despite the friendliness she portrayed. 

The knight hesitated to reply. Her discomfort and insecurities made the knight tempted to act defensively with the female thief, however, Penelope managed to restrain herself. Acting overly petty and insecure would only make a bad situation worse. "There have been some perks." she admitted slowly with a quick glance at Crow. Just because she planned to try and act civilly with the thief didn't mean she was going to completely back down. Just like Gavin, Rikki would have to eventually come to accept that the two were together. 

"Though I think I would have just taken our regular meetings over all of this happening." the knight said with heavy sigh and attempted to switch the subject. "I'll just be happy once we've gotten rid of him." She noticed the female thief's friendly expression waver for a very brief moment. Before she could reply though, another voice cut in. 

"Penelope," Gavin glanced over his shoulder with an uneasy gaze. "Can I speak with you for a second?" 

"Sure?" Penelope raised an eyebrow at him. The male knight said nothing at first, glancing towards the two thieves before looking back to her with a faint look of pleading. She let out a sigh, realizing that he clearly wished to speak with her alone. Normally she would have denied his request but with Rikki around, she decided it was likely best to handle whatever was bothering him alone rather than making him voice it openly. She glanced up at Crow and gave her shoulders a small shrug. "Guess I better see what he's worried about now." she mumbled before letting the thief's hand go and picking up her pace to join Gavin at the front. 

"Did you know about him bringing them?" Gavin asked in a hushed voiced. 

"I knew there was a possibility they would come." Penelope responded with a small shrug. It seemed Gavin was still upset with having to work with the additional thieves. "I've met them before. I don't know them well but they seem fine enough."

Gavin looked over his shoulder again before focusing back on Penelope. "And I take it you're not the only one who's met them before huh?" he asked with frown. "Olivia seems quite... familiar with that one thief." 

Penelope shrugged her shoulders. "You know how Olivia is." she replied simply. The female knight offered him a small, reassuring smile. "Look they're not thrilled to be working with us either and with any luck, you won't have to work with them for very long if we're able to track down Jaxon in Wheldrake."

"Right.." Gavin mumbled with a reluctant nod. 

Penelope eyed him for a moment. There wasn't much more she could say to ease the tension for Gavin, who hadn't even been fond of working with one thief, but she hoped it was enough to at least pull him slightly out of the worry he felt from suddenly being forced into working with three thieves. She let out a soft sigh and moved to fall back besides Crow again.