Penelope smiled up at him as he told her that her words had helped. She was glad that she had managed to reassure him since she didn't want him worrying that she would just leave like before, even if it was only a small part of him that was. She leaned in to meet his lips as kissed and gave a soft laugh at his words. "I'm not sure about that but I'm glad you feel better." she told him, smiling up at him fondly. 

As his expression turned serious and he mentioned returning to the others, the knight let out a small sigh and glanced towards the table. "Yeah, I don't either...I'm sure she'll eventually start questioning him about our relationship and I don't even want to know how she'll use that information." she agreed with a small shake of her head. The female thief was proving to be rather troublesome. In the matter of just two days, she had managed to strike cords with each of them and continued to get under Penelope's skin with her advances towards Crow. The knight was finding it more and more difficult to remain patient with the thief and her antics. 

Letting go of him, she reached to take his hand again and began to walk back towards the table. Her gaze eyed their companions, noting with relief that Rikki seemed to have moved away from Gavin for the time being to rejoin Olivia and Alistair as they got a fresh mug of ale. The group seemed to have slowed down their drinking a bit but clearly had no intention of stopping any time soon. She shook her head at them and moved to sit down at the table again. Gavin glanced over at her, seeming a bit hesitant to say anything upon her return. It seemed her angry outburst at him made the male knight decide to choose his next words to her a bit more carefully. 

"Good, you're back." he mumbled finally and shifted a bit in his seat before glancing around. "I was figuring it's getting about time to speak with the villagers." 

Penelope swept her gaze over the tavern before nodding her head in agreement. "We'll go in a little while. I want to make sure things settle down here first." she muttered as she grabbed her nearly empty mug and took a sip of what was left before placing it down. She turned to look over at Crow and gave him a small smile. "At least, that's what I figured, right?"