Penelope didn't catch onto the suggestive undertone of Cedric's words and instead returned Crow's grin with a smile as he answered Cedric's question. She nodded her head as he said they'd be able to figure things out. "I'm sure we will." she agreed before shifting her gaze back onto Cedric. The male knight raised his eyebrow at the two and began to open his mouth to add something else but didn't get the chance to as the servants arrived with their food. She said a brief word of thanks before beginning to eat her breakfast. 

Cedric didn't dig in as quickly though and shot the two a smile. "Well that's good." he mused, going onto respond to Crow now that the servants had stepped back from the table. "It'll probably be quite the first party for you too by the sound of it." He looked over at Penelope. "Are you planning on going with anyone?"

Penelope stared at him for a moment, caught off guard by the question. "No, I'm not. I'll be more of a hosting figure after all." she said shaking her head. She paused and glanced subtly at Crow before adding. "Besides it's not like I'm courting anyone right now."

"I know." Cedric shrugged his shoulders. "I just thought you would want to end up as a third wheel."

"Third wheel?" she echoed confusedly. [i]Does he mean to the Lenz's?[/i] she wondered. She supposed that made sense but the couple was married and if she was honest, they certainly weren't affectionate enough towards each other to make her feel like she was a third wheel. Plus it wasn't like she planned to hang around them the whole party. It was likely she would barely even seem them since she planned to be advocating for the war's end for most of the night.

Cedric smiled amusedly at her confusion. "Well, yeah. Between the Lenz's and then Collin and the princess, I imagine you'd end up as the ultimate third wheel. Right?" he said with a glance at the viceroy.