Penelope was a bit lost in her concerns about the king's involvement that she didn't pay much attention to the conversation about the dowry that followed. Though she understood why her father didn't want to do things behind the king's back, the knight couldn't help but wish now that there was a way to keep him out of meddling with their courtship. [i]We've had a good streak of luck lately though so perhaps he won't even get involved.[/i] she thought on a more hopeful note. If she was accomplishing what Toreus had asked of her, perhaps the gods would be willing to shine more fortune their way when Crow went to deal with the king.

She was finally brought out of her thoughts as Crow nudged her side. "Hm?" she mumbled as she looked over at him, assuming she had missed something that had been said to her. As he nodded to something, she followed his gesture over to the approaching servants and quickly realized that he was pointing out Preston. Reminded that there was still work for her to do, she focused back on the main task at hand, which would be getting an audience with the king. 

The knight waited for the servants to set down the plates, giving a brief thanks to the one that set her own down. As the other two left, she turned to Preston as he was about to test Crow's food. "Hey Preston, I was wondering if you'd be able to do me a favor today?" she asked with a hopeful look. "I need to schedule an audience with the king as soon as possible and I was hoping you might be able to help with that by getting ahold of his attendant, Hunter, for me."