Penny took a deep breath, closing her eyes and trying to calm herself down so she at least had a chance at composure. She imagined that sitting in the presence of a princess with eyes tightly closed was the epitome of bad manners but Evangeline didn't seem overly upset by it so she tried to push aside the creeping fear that she was shaming her family entirely.
When the princess suggested that they put the incident behind them, Penny let her eyes open slowly. Her vision refocused on the flushed face of the princess who seemed, surprisingly, as flustered as she felt. It was strangely comforting to see her behaving so... normally.
"Angie?" Penny repeated uncertainly, as though afraid that saying the informal name would result in some terrible consequence. "I'm always called Penny." Penny's voice was still quiet, a bit uncertain, but she was no longer sputtering and tripping over her words, which was definitely an improvement. "My mare? Oh, thank you," Penny smiled, glancing back at Copper. "Her name is Copper."