I think it has more to do with the fact that he secretly thinks it would be cool to have the glory of being a hero xD Crow tried his best to help her cx
He's pretty flighty right now, but trying to keep it together xD
Also, feel free to carry the story as far as you want, up until they reach the castle. Unless you want to fit in John telling Penelope about her mother along the walk ^^
Ok cx I went ahead and skipped them most of the way there! Feel free to take them to the castle if you want! I figure Penelope would just try to comfort him a bit before the final stretch
I could see that cx Especially once John actually warms up to him lol which is only going to further upset his actual son Layth xD
Feel free to just have them kick out Penelope when they actually reach the king lol
EDIT: Decided to go ahead and add in some of the new characters that might be popping over the course of their time in the inner kingdom cx I might add a couple more later but for nows it's just these guys lol