Penelope gave a small nod as he mentioned her father. She believed that she owed a great deal of thanks to her mother for that one. If she hadn't insisted upon him giving Crow a chance, it was likely that her father would have kept his promise about finding her a new suitor as soon as they returned to the inner kingdom. She smiled up at Crow as he pressed one last kiss to her cheek, drawing her from her thoughts briefly. 

She got up after him and ran a hand through her hair, smoothing it down for a moment before gathering her clothes and slipping them back on. Grabbing her armor and boots, she put them back on as well and then moved to join Crow as they headed out for the last leg of their trip to the castle. The knight took the lead as she headed to drop off the key. The innkeeper still seemed as unwelcoming towards the thief as usual and was a bit slow to accept the key. Penelope noticed that he seemed to be taking careful note of the possessions as if trying to make sure the thief hadn't somehow stolen from him again. 

Naturally he didn't find anything and bid Penelope a curt word of gratefulness while shooting a distrusting glare at the thief. The knight didn't say anything further to the innkeeper and headed out and back onto the street. Now that the time was drawing closer for Crow's decision to take effect, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous for the thief. Sure he had the king's favor, but she wondered if that would be enough to completely protect him from what she guessed would be a large amount of unhappy nobles. 

The thought of someone trying something harm him or get him in jail made the knight walk a little closer to him out of protectiveness. Penelope glanced up at him as she felt their hands brush and she offered him a small, half smile. "So... Are you ready? I'm not sure how soon the king is planning to announce it but I imagine you won't be a wanted criminal for too much longer now." she mused quietly.