Penelope took another bite of her food, while subtly keeping Elizabeth in the corner of her eye. This woman was already beginning to rub her the wrong way, first with how close she was getting to Crow and whatever intentions she had by trying to do so. Regardless of what they were, she simply didn't like it. Her tenseness only eased up slightly as she caught Crow's subtle glance at her as he gave Elizabeth a vague answer. Reminded of something a bit more heart warming, the knight lowered her gaze to her food as she hid a faint smile. 

However the moment didn't last long as Liz pressed closer to him. The knight glanced up at the two but quickly looked away again, restraining herself from glaring at the other noblewoman. She felt a heavy flash of annoyance as the woman insisted on spending time alone with Crow, despite the viceroy's attempts to deny her. Penelope gripped the silverware in her hand a bit tighter as Liz made a rather bold comment about 'catching up' after supper. The knight narrowed her eyes at the woman but quickly looked away. The whole situation would have been a lot less frustrating if she didn't have to hold her tongue so much. 

As Crow responded to her again before hurriedly finishing his meal, Penelope felt herself cringe at his words. She knew he was just saying it to keep Liz from getting any sort of suspicion but she'd be lying to say that it'd didn't leave her feeling a bit bitter. Once he announced he was leaving, she dared to look over at him, catching his apologetic look. Penelope glanced away before forcing a small smile. "See ya." she mumbled quietly.

Now alone with Liz, she turned her attention back to her food, intent on finishing it so she could hurry off to her room to sleep and avoid spending anymore time in the woman's company. However, she didn't even get another bite in when Elizabeth turned to her with a less than friendly attitude. Penelope narrowed her eyes at her as she claimed it was only a matter of time before he went back to her and that she didn't stand a chance. The knight wanted to snort at the confident words and set the record straight that the one who didn't stand a chance wasn't her. The fact that she couldn't only made her annoyance grow. 

It also reminded her of Rikki, though she had a feeling Elizabeth's motives were quite different than the female thief's were. Aside from that there was also quite the big time gap. Regardless though, having yet another woman claim it was only a matter of time before he left her for them did leave a small feeling of unease. Rikki had once nearly tempted him before when they had gone quite a while without being intimate. Now that they were at the castle, they barely even got the chance to kiss let alone do anything more. Having Liz around, a woman he had a past with and who was eagerly throwing herself at him, was a bit more unnerving than Penelope wanted to admit. She did trust Crow but there was always that nagging little voice in the back of her head saying 'what if'.

She didn't want Liz to know she felt even slightly threatened though so she met the woman's gaze with annoyed look in her gaze. "Don't misunderstand, we're friends at most so do what you'd like." she snorted giving the woman a dismissive wave before narrowing her gaze on her. Even if she couldn't tell her outright that Crow and her were together or that she was even 'interested' in him, she didn't want Elizabeth to think she was just rolling over to her. "I don't appreciate the down talk though. You'd be wise to be a little more careful about how you talk to people around here."

"I was merely giving you a warning. If what you say is true then I'm sure we'll have no problems." Elizabeth smirked. "Anyways, enjoy the rest of your meal." With that, she turned and walked off, with her head raised high in an arrogant manner.

Penelope curled her lip slightly and lowered her gaze to her food. Irritated and tired, the knight no longer had the appetite to finish her food so she pushed the plate to the side and slowly rose to her feet. She hung back a bit, waiting for Elizabeth to disappear out the door before beginning to make her way out of the Great Hall as well.