Penelope smirked and shook her head at Crow's comment. As Alistair spoke up, she listened as he began to question Crow about his decision again. When he continued to press for Crow's reasoning to leave, she looked over at him as he glanced towards her and gave her shoulders a small shrug. She could tell he was trying to avoid admitting it was to be with her but  she thought his companions should know the truth. Especially since she didn't want them to completely blame him. Perhaps even some hint of understanding could be reached if they knew the whole reason, at least she hoped so. 

The knight gave Crow a soft smile as he met her gaze with a fond look. She hoped that he was right to have so much faith in her ability to change the minds of the nobles. It certainly wouldn't be easy, even with whatever influence she did have. [i]But I know I won't be alone on this.[/i] she thought, reminding herself of the nobles she already knew that wanted to bring about change as well. Surely together they'd be able to make a difference. 

She was glad that things seemed to be going well with Crow announcing his decision as now even Alistair seemed to accept it, even if a bit reluctantly. However, there was still one person who seemed to be having a slightly more difficult time with the news. Penelope's gaze flickered over to Rikki as she noticed the female thief stand up. The knight let out a soft sigh as she watched her leave into one of the tunnels.  

Her gaze shifted to Crow as he pressed a kiss to her cheek. She gave a small nod. "Alright... Good luck." she mumbled to him. 

As she expected, Rikki was having a difficult time with accepting his decision and she hoped that Crow was able to help her come to better terms with it. She lapsed into a silence as he left and leaned back on the palms of her hands. The knights mind began to wander back to her last conversation with the female thief, thinking about how they had argued a bit before seeming finding a small bit of understanding. Penelope sighed, feeling a heavy twinge of sympathy for the other woman. She really did hope that whatever they talked about was able to help soften the blow. 

"Now then." Hazel spoke up, breaking the silence. "We don't have enough bedrolls for everyone but we should get a spot prepared for you two."

Penelope blinked and looked over at the herbalist. "Is it alright for us to stay?" she asked. Having been unsure about how accepting his friends would be, the knight had partly assumed that they'd be leaving nearly immediately but now that things were going rather well, she wasn't sure where that left them. 

"Of course. It's getting too late to go looking for somewhere else to stay anyways." Hazel snorted with a roll of her eyes. She got up to her feet and gestured for Penelope to follow. "Come on then." The knight nodded her head and hurriedly got up to her feet to follow Hazel.