Penn had set his helmet and data pad down, giving his full attention to Carolina as he started to speak, and as he really began, Penn could already see the stress cracks and fractures in the man who had seemed so, well, together the night before. The situation the man described sounded harrowing, and rather illegal as well. It was a gross violation of normal operating procedure for sims, such simulated long term events could cause some serious damage. From what he understood from the medical folks, at any rate, they used a lot of in house techno babble for their medical. But that was not what the focus was, Carolina was cooked, unsure of whether this was reality or not alone was an indicator of that. But it was not unexpected, from the situation described. But Penn didn't interrupt the man as he began into the big part of his confession, if that was the right word, to the man.

Penn was confirmed in his thinking from the declarations of a shattered mind and personality from Carolina. Even if he hadn't said anything, his eyes spoke enough. They reminded him of some soldiers he had seen, that empty, scared look of a man too long lost to the times of war and pain. Penn wasn't sure what kind of man he had known in the simulation, but apparently it was clear that one, they shared the same codename and two, he was transposing memories of that time onto this one. Not surprising, really, considering what they had done. He would have to tread carefully, his initial plans of roaring into the offices and raising holy hell gone now. It might be wiser to keep on the down low, gather information from the background and pick up on what was going on that was so screwy.

Carolina seemed to get more control as he finished speaking, and Penn rose, resting a hand on the other Agent's shoulder and finally speaking. "Your not the only one who's picking up on something going on. I think all our tests were rigged in some way, shape, or form. Some worse than others. This'll seem like hollow words, but your going through a hell most can't imagine, mentally. Just keep going, you'll come out on the other side in time. I'll be keeping an eye and ear out, more so now then I originally planned. Appreciate you telling me all this, and I won't go spreading it around and about to people. This stays on the down low until the time to act is clear." Penn would be keeping an eye on Carolina though, even if medical helped him out, these kind of things needed to be watched carefully.