Mia listened to Crow with a hint of curiosity in her gaze as he mentioned Penelope being trustworthy. A thief thinking her lieutenant was trustworthy was a bit concerning to say the least. She cared little about him going on to try and remind her about how he was the reason the other thieves had been stopped. Perhaps she was more accepting of that fact than her other equals, but she still disliked taking down criminals with the involvement of more criminals. If it had just been a simple peasant, it would have been a far different story. 

The baroness raised an eyebrow at Crow as he went on speaking about disapproving of the other thief as well as chalking up him saving Penelope as 'petty revenge'. She returned his smile with a small one of her own, looking amused by his words. This thief was an interesting person, regardless of how much truth was or wasn't in his words. "I never underestimate what my enemies are capable of, kindness included. Perhaps it's a bit a navietivity on my part, but humans are humans. Compassion lies in all of us just as cruelness does as well. From the lowest criminal to the highest noble. The only difference being which a person chooses to be more of."

Mia leaned forward with a gleam in her dark gaze as she looked over at him. "The fact of the matter is, Crow, it seems you have quite a bit more compassion than most give a criminal like yourself credit for. You got involved in a matter that you didn't have to, which put yourself at more of a risk than staying out of it would have. Being discovered by either knight or one of those other thieves could have spelled disaster for you, yet you still showed up and you still jumped into the battle. Which leads me to think that nothing was subconscious about saving my lieutenant." 

Her smile faded a bit as she grew more serious, believing to have found a lead. "So I have to ask, what kind of respect has she been showing you? I know you've escaped from her before but now I'm beginning to wonder if it's more of being 'let go' instead."