Penelope hadn't been expecting him to that. In fact, he was lucky that she quickly realized it was him and what he was doing. He would have ended up getting a dagger in his side if she hadn't. "Hey!" she yelped as he began to ruffle her hair. The knight swatted his hands away and slipped out of his hold.  She grinned a bit and rolled her eyes at Crow.

"Given up?" Penelope echoed with a small laugh. "Exactly when did you start trying to please him?" She questioned as she glanced over at Crow with a raised eyebrow. "Well, I suppose it doesn't matter. William is a good knight but he certainly relies too much on the law and not enough on his own feelings." Penelope admitted with a small shrug. 

The knight had to admit that being able to talk and act like this was something she had missed. Most knights that she worked with often weren't too different from William and one was more than enough for her to deal with. In her training days as a knight, she was able to act similarly to how she was now. Penelope had made friends and they had gotten along rather well but that was over. They had all been assigned to different parts of the kingdom and Penelope rarely saw them.