"I guess you must have been busy lately huh? I've barely seen much of you since we got back from our trip to Bellmare." Naida mused as soon as her friend joined her.

Penelope nodded her head and rested her arms on the table. "A little. Between regular work and having to work on gaining support for the end of the war, it definitely leaves me with very little free time." she admitted with a small shrug. 

"True... I heard you were even involved in a serious case of missing jewelry this morning." Naida said leaning in curiously. "How'd that go?"

The knight smirked a little in amusement. She was a bit surprised the princes was even bringing it up since she was rather certain she must have heard all about it by now. It was the hot topic in every conversation that day after all. However, thinking it over again, she supposed that Naida was just eager to learn her side of the story. Although, there wasn't much of that story that she could tell to her unfortunately. "Fine, I suppose. I don't think they've recovered the missing objects yet but we were at least able to clear Collin's name." she said with a shrug. 

"That's good." Naida nodded and smirked. "I bet he's quite grateful for that." She seemed ready to say something else but fell short as someone caught her attention. Penelope followed her gaze over to see Crow had entered the Great Hall. She bit back a smile and blinked as she felt Naida nudge her. She rolled her eyes at her friend, noticing the mischievous glint in her gaze. She shook her head and focused back on Crow as he joined them. 

"Hey Collin!" Naida grinned. 

Penelope gave him a small smirk. "Good to see you're still walking freely." she mused. Before he could reply, her gaze shifted on the figure of another approaching person and blinked in faint surprise as she noticed Cedric walking over to the table. The male knight offered her a friendly smile and hesitated as he reached them, his gaze glancing almost a bit nervously between Naida and Crow. 

"Sorry if I'm interrupting," Cedric said politely before focusing his gaze onto Penelope. "I was just hoping to join you for supper if that's ok?"

Penelope glanced at Crow and Naida before shrugging her shoulders. "Go for it." she replied, figuring it was fine. Cedric smiled and wasted no time in moving to slid in besides her. He dipped his head respectfully to Naida and then shifted his gaze onto Crow. He wavered for a moment before offering the viceroy a smile. 

"I don't believe we've formally met before." he mused politely and extended his hand. "I'm Cedric.