Penelope closed her eyes tightly as the second clap of thunder made the shelves tremble. As she held herself back from trembling as well, she couldn't stop her teeth from beginning to chatter nervously. Just when the knight was hoping the storm was slowing down it sounded like it was still going strong. Trying to calm herself, she attempted to refocus on Crow, the feeling of being close to him again, the way he soothingly traced his hand over her shoulders and the gentleness in his voice as he spoke to her. For a moment, she didn't reply as she tried to regain her bearings after being shaken by the rather intense clap of thunder. 

"I sent out letters... No replies yet b-but I figured it would take a while. Hopefully I'll get something soon." she finally mumbled. "A-and I did catch those lieutenants. Turns out I actually knew one of them." Penelope shrugged her shoulders and opened her eyes again as she pulled her head back just enough to look up at him. "He's been hoping for a peaceful end to the war too actually so I know I have his support.. Out of the three, I think only one is against me really. He seems set on seeing the war to its end for w-whatever reason."

A hint of annoyance flashed across her gaze as she thought of Doran, who had deemed the others as 'spineless quitters' just because they believed a peaceful end to the war was more reasonable than a constant stalemate. She shift to rest her head against his shoulder. "I think it'll be fine though..I-I talked to Naida about it and she said she'd help me out too." The knight took in a shaky breath as she tried to block out the sounds of the rain as she focused on Crow. "How's your plan with using those nobles going?"