A faint but chilly breeze ruffled the flap of the tent. The noise and bit of cold stirred the knight from a fairly sound sleep. Penelope let out a small yawn and rubbed a hand over her eyes as she felt them adjusting to the light. Now a bit more awake, the knight sat up and slipped back into her boots and armor. Knowing Crow and her would have to leave soon, she headed out of her tent as soon as she was ready and began to look around for the thief. 

She also noted the drop of temperature. It seemed winter would soon hit the kingdom and the knight was torn between hoping for snow and hoping for rain. A rainy season wouldn't be nearly as harsh on the people in the outer villages—her battalion included—as a snowy season would be. However, rain meant thunderstorms and she much preferred to avoid those. [i]With any luck, I won't get caught on the battlefield during one at least..[/i] she thought a bit nervously as she glanced up at the sky. She suddenly had another reason for hoping that her time away from the warfront would be longer than just two months. 

Focusing back on trying to find Crow, she realized it'd be rather easy as she was quick to notice a few disgruntled comrades. They talked quietly amongst themselves and continued to shoot hateful looks towards a specific direction, one that she assumed was where Crow was. Walking over, she soon found out her theory was right as she spotted the thief finishing his breakfast underneath a nearby tree. Penelope moved to grab a plate of food for herself first though, deciding it'd be best for her to eat before they left. 

"I don't know how you can work with that bastard, Vermillion..." one of the knights sighed as she stepped over to the firepit. "I don't know what the king was thinking in letting him leave. Let alone live."

Penelope shrugged her shoulders as she fixed a small plate. "Who knows. I think it just takes a bit of patience.. Something Julien here clearly lacks." she smirked nodding to the hot-headed knight.

"I at least I can say I've never willingly worked alongside a criminal." Julien retorted with a narrowed gaze at her. "You may have patience but you lack any kind of self respe-" 

The other knight elbowed him again and shot him a small look of warning. He turned back to Penelope and gave an apologetic look. "Don't mind him. He's just in a bad mood because of that thief."

Penelope gave a small nod to the knight. She took little offence in Julien's words anyways. The knight was more annoyed by his hostility towards Crow than his blatant disrespect towards her. "It's fine. I think most are on edge right now." she mused. "Anyways, I better see when we'll be leaving." She gave a small nod of farewell to the two before turning to head over to Crow. 

"Morning." she greeted with a smile as she reached him. The knight moved to sit down besides him and gave an amused look. "I see you've already got some of my comrades riled up.. Though I doubt it would take much."