Penelope nodded her head in agreement with Crow as he pointed out that a trip to Gorm would have been even longer for them. The mission she received from Toreus aside, she was glad that the viceroy wouldn't be leaving for such a long trip, especially after they had just begun courting. While she knew there would likely come a time when they would have to be apart longer than just the two weeks to Younis, she was hoping they would have a decent amount of time together before that happened. She was pulled from her musings as the wench went on to address her. 

"Oh, stew and a honey mead for me, please." she responded after a brief moment of thought. 

"I'll be right back with those then." The wench nodded and dipped her head respectfully to the group before turning to walk off. 

Penelope moved her gaze away, noting that the group was still getting quite a few stares from the nobles that were frequenting the inn. A small smirk tugged at the corner of her mouth as she considered how out of place she likely looked amongst the decorated nobles she was surrounded by. Though her own armor was decorated to display her title as lieutenant, it was still the same armor she wore on the warfront and it still bore small scratches and dents that faintly echoed the battles she had participated in. It certainly didn't match with the more pristine uniforms Naida and Ranyer wore that clearly had yet to see a fight.

"So, Penelope, I've been meaning to ask, but does Mia even know you're on your way back to the warfront?" Naida piped up with a curious look. 

Drawn from her thoughts, she looked over at her friend and shook her head. "Well...No she doesn't. The last time I wrote to anyone on the warfront was when I was telling Gavin and Olivia about the party. She gave me two months to do what I could to convince the king so I imagine she'll be slightly surprised to find out I've returned so early." she said with a small smirk of amusement. 

"She'll probably be impressed too!" Naida laughed. Her friend paused and she gave a small frown. "How long are you going to stay out there?"

Penelope paused. Having been too caught up in her last minute plans, she supposed she hadn't thought about how long her leave from the inner kingdom would be. As eager as she was to reunite with Crow after the two weeks, she began to wonder if she would be able to. "I'm not sure.." she answered honestly. "As long as they need me, I suppose but that could mean anything depending on how things go from here on out." She shrugged her shoulders a bit haplessly and shifted her gaze away as she noticed Percy and Preston walking over to join them.