Penelope hesitated at Crow's words before returning his smile and giving a small, appreciative nod. Though she didn't really want to shorten their time together, the knight knew it was probably for the best considering how tired she was. Besides her own wants, she was also just a bit too tired to argue. Focusing back to her food, she took a bite but her attention was quickly drawn away from it as she heard someone address Crow. It wasn't a voice that was familiar to her, so curious she looked up to see who was approaching. 

As her gaze landed on the woman and Crow addressed her, Penelope gave a small look of confusion. She had thought it might have been someone Crow knew based on how she had called to him. There seemed to be some sort of familiarity along with a hint of mischief. She was just beginning to think her assumption had been wrong when the woman went on to prod him about remembering her. The knight raised an eyebrow but didn't think much of it and instead moved to take another bite of her food. However, the food didn't make it to her mouth when she froze at the woman's next words. 

So it seemed they did know each other after all... just a bit more intimately than the knight had previously guessed. As Crow shot her an apologetic look,she shrugged her shoulders in response. While it had caught her off guard, it wasn't too alarming to the knight. However, this Liz's presence did leave her feeling a bit tense, especially as the noblewoman slid in closely besides him. Too tired to mask her expression, Penelope narrowed her eyes at the woman before looking back to her food as she took another bite. Perhaps it was just due to her own tiredness, but she had a difficult time believing the woman had genuinely hoped to cross paths with Crow again. She was likely just attracted by the word of his new title.

[i]Not that any of that matters though.[/i] she thought, relaxing a bit. As the woman finally 'seemed' to take notice of her— Penelope had a feeling that she had just been choosing to ignore her until now— she looked over at Elizabeth and forced a friendly smile in return. "Nice to meet you as well." she said as she shook the woman's hand. "I'm Penelope Vermillion."

"Ah! A Vermillion. You must be related to that baron Edward Vermillion, right? Is he your father?" Elizabeth asked. 

"I am. He's actually my uncle though." Penelope responded with a shrug. 

"I see. Well, I've heard quite a few things about his efforts on the warfront. You must be proud." Elizabeth smiled and nodded. The noblewoman paused, casting a quick glance at Crow before looking back to Penelope. "So how do you two know each other?" she asked cheerfully. 

Penelope eyed Elizabeth for a moment. "Well, about two years ago I was hauling his ass across the border to Younis." she responded with a tired smirk then shrugged her shoulders. "Today though we just happen to have the mutual friend of Naida."  Normally she would have just left out the part about their trip, however, this woman was already beginning to rub her the wrong way. If she could have, she would have liked to just state her real involvement with Crow, but since she couldn't, the second best was making sure Elizabeth knew they had some type of history, even if she just thought it was friendly.