Penelope gave a small smile at Crow's words of encouragement. While she found his joking endearing, they did little to ease the lingering worry she felt. Ending the war had to come first but she also hoped their efforts to be together wouldn't be thwarted. They had come so far, Crow had even given up his old life, to have those plans fall through because of the king possibly disliking her would not be easy to overcome. [i]I'll just have to try my best to make a good impression..[/i] she thought with a determined bite of her breakfast. 

She looked back over to Crow as he announced that he needed to get going. A smile crossed her lips as he turned to her and she nodded her head. "If I don't, I'm sure Nadia will." she pointed out amusedly. "See you later." The knight bid him goodbye and watched him begin to walk off for a moment before turning back to her breakfast. Now alone with her father, a silence fell over the table. At first she didn't really notice it as she was too preoccupied with finishing her food, but after a moment she felt someone's gaze on her. Lifting her head to look, she noticed John was watching her with a strange expression. Though his eyes were on her, his mind seemed to be elsewhere. 

"So you'll just be preparing to speak to the king today?" John finally asked. 

"Yeah, I'll need to stop by the Lenz's room to get the petition too. If I'm lucky, I might be able to get some help from Oliver about how to go about it." Penelope mused then gave a sigh. "That is, if he isn't hungover from the night before."

John grunted his agreement and drummed his fingers against the table. "Well that should leave us enough time then..." he mumbled and then shifted his gaze down onto his food. "Finish up your breakfast and then let's go take a walk around the courtyard."

Penelope blinked in confusion. Her father wasn't the type to leisurely spend time with her while there was work to do so his suggestion of taking a walk was unusual. "A walk? What for?" 

John hesitated, shifting uncomfortably in his seat, before replying, "It's time we talk more about your mother... You still have questions right?" 

Penelope looked over at him in shock. She knew the time to talk about her would eventually come but the timing still caught her off guard. Overcoming her initial shock, excitement flooded her expression and the knight smiled eagerly. "Yes, of course. I'm almost done with my breakfast we can go in a second." she said, scraping up the remains of her plate in a hurried manner. The knight had gone a long time without hearing anything about her mother from her father and now that it was finally happening, her patience flew out the window.