Penelope looked over at him and smiled a little at his confidence. She nodded her head in agreement and watched as he laid down, resting his head against her. Looking down at him, she gently rubbed her thumb over his hand and blushed a little at his words. As he went on, she gave a thoughtful look at his words. "I guess we haven't talked much about that stuff, huh?" she mused. Between all that had happened, the issues they had to worry about, their plans for the future, and their limited time together, she supposed that they hadn't spoken too much about what was going on in their present lives.
"Well, you know I'm not exactly supportive of this war," she began, averting her gaze to the ground for a moment. "I truly believe it shouldn't have happened but here we are." She shook her head. "These battles aren't like anything I've seen before.. Especially the first one I was in," her voice grew a bit grave as she recalled the sight of how recklessly the knights fought in Whitebridge. "I can understand that desperation to win, to get that battle over with and hope it gets us closer to the end of the war. The villagers are defending their homes and the knights are just trying to get back home, but gods I wasn't expecting that.
"I suppose that's what happens when you give people like Bennet power. He's the baron that lead out the first battalion of knights here. He's... not the brightest. I'm sure his lack of thinking about the consequences of his soldiers' actions certainly didn't help the situation. And after him came my uncle who Bennet likely just followed the lead of, which probably just made things worse.. My uncle can be quite cruel." her voice grew a bit tense at the mention of her uncle, a man whom she wasn't fond of. She paused then looked down at Crow, shifting a bit.
"My comrades aren't all bad though," she added in a softer tone. "I know you've seen the worst of us and I know you don't think that way of me but I'm not the only one. A lot of the knights I'm with aren't bad people. Most of them are just sticking to the rules they were raised on and the world they know, trying to end the war so they can return home to their families. Although there are a few that manage to see beyond that." Penelope smiled a little as she thought of the knights she was close to. Mia, Tomas, Olivia, Gavin and even Nadia, the other female knight that was currently attending to family matters back in the inner villages, all came to mind. Though at different levels, they all managed to occasionally look past noble traditions or have sympathy for the villagers.
"What about you?" she asked, her smile remaining as she looked at him curiously. "I haven't heard much from you either you know."
