As the plates were put down, Penelope was hopeful that the topic would be dropped. She really didn't want to delve into her past with Cedric. It wasn't a pleasant one after all.  Of course, she didn't want to go into detail about her past with Crow either. It would still be a short while before she could even hope for them to start courting and until then, they needed to keep their relationship a secret. She had given a couple details to Naida about their more recent past earlier and certainly didn't want to push her luck.

Unfortunately, it seemed that the subject hadn't been dropped so easily. 

As Naida spoke up this time, Penelope glanced over at her and rolled her eyes at the mischief in her smile. She should have known better than to think Naida would jump at the chance to try and find even more reasons to push her and Crow together. However, the princess had struck a topic that was a bit difficult for her to deny. Meeting Crow had changed her quite a bit and she knew she certainly hadn't been the same person she was at the beginning of their trip. Still, she didn't intend to give Naida anymore information that would suggest their closeness.

"Our lives, barely." Penelope responded with a small smirk. "I don't think I could properly count up all the times we were attacked."

"Must have been dangerous." Cedric commented, looking over at her curiously. "I'm guessing that's when you got the scar huh?"

Penelope nodded her head. "A little while after we were attacked by mercenaries on the way back to the castle, William and I got into a fight with some other ones in the process of trying to recover the staff."

"Well thank gods you were able to survive all of that." Cedric whistled. His gaze briefly flickered towards Naida before focusing back on Penelope, flashing her a fond smile. "I suppose on the bright side of things, you're looking as tough on the outside as you are on the inside." He pointed out with a playful wink.

The female knight did feel a bit strange receiving such a compliment from him. She was still a bit wary of him due to their past and though he hadn't said anything particularly flirtatious, she felt awkward receiving his otherwise playful comment in front of Crow. Perhaps it was just because of Crow's strong dislike of him. Chalking it up to that, she quickly relaxed. Penelope gave Cedric an amused smile in response and rolled her eyes at the male knight before focusing back down onto her food.