Penelope gave a small nod as he asked her to hear him out. She had been planning to listen to his side of it all, even though she wasn't sure she wanted to hear it. So as he began to explain, the knight stood there fidgeting uncomfortably with her hands as began to say how parts of the rumors were true. As he claimed everything else as a lie, Penelope shifted a bit with uncertainty. She wanted to believe his words at face value but it was difficult to so instead, she just remained quiet. 

Listening to him explain what had gone on behind closed doors, Penelope frowned slightly as he described how Liz had gone ahead of him. It reminded her of how Naida had been worried that the noblewoman would have tried to meet him in his room. Before it had seemed a bit ridiculous, but now the knight saw that the princess had been on the right track after all. Elizabeth had been even more bold than they both had previously thought and that was the exact reason why Penelope had felt so uneasy with that woman around.

As he explained how he had handled the situation, she felt rather swayed by his words. After all, the night guards hadn't mentioned anything about seeing them enter the room together and with the way Elizabeth had acted the night prior, it wasn't a far fetched guess that she was just milking the opportunity that the rumors had presented her. Liz had made it clear that she had viewed her as competition so the noblewoman was likely trying to act like she had won. Penelope certainly didn't put it past her to lie about such a thing. As he mentioned being reminded of Rikki and afraid of losing her, the knight flinched slightly. Perhaps she had jumped to a conclusion too fast after all. 

Penelope looked over at Crow and mirrored his frown. "I.. It's not that I think you would jump at the chance to... I was just was afraid that maybe Elizabeth would somehow entice you into it somehow." she explained, shuffling her feet. "And it's not like how it was when it was Rikki, either. Rikki was more of a worry for me in.. other ways but I could at least fight back against her, assert myself to some degree, but I can't with Liz. And just sitting back watching is terrible."

Penelope paused before going on in a weaker voice. "I know you love me but.. I'm worried maybe, that won't be enough right now. At least back then we'd have a night or two a week..I mean, gods the most we can usually get away with right now is holding hands under the table when we eat and that's only sometimes as it is." She shifted her gaze to the ground suddenly feeling rather meek as she admitted her worries to him out loud. She also recalled her prior solution to this mess. While she did believe him, that didn't completely alleviate her worries. Penelope bit her lip before hesitantly adding. "I-I believe you, Crow but.. if you think perhaps, not being together until we're actually able to court would be best.. we could do that." She really didn't want to but at least she'd give him the option since she was even more worried after hearing just how bold ELizabeth could be.