Poor Penelope... I really feel for her. But seriously, girl, you couldn't think of some better lines to say in case your crazy bet didn't pay off? Something along the lines of: "We're both misfits that other people don't understand, even though their torture is what drove us crazy"? Appealing to the prince's sense of being persecuted -- and saying she's persecuted also -- would have been a great way to emotionally bond.