"Come on... Come on now, don't be like that," Caleb's tone was nearly pleading. Corynn was a strong person, there had been only few times she had lost will to go on. To see her like this was worse than any nightmare, any physical pain. It rendered him powerless. Well, woman's tears in general did, but if it was any other girl crying, there was also frustration building up which might come out as yelling at her. Now, there wasn't even that, just helplessness. He pulled her closer in a hug, squeezing tightly as if that could protect her.

Quietly, she sobbed, head resting on his shoulder. He was all security she had ever known and now even he couldn't protect her anymore. In fact, she would have to be protecting him. It wasn't nothing new - guarding himself from his anger had become her task for long time now, but it had never imposed danger as great as now. She knew she should pull herself together, that she was hurting him with her tears, but she just didn't have the strength. If only there was a moment of silence in her head, but no... The voices and images continued.

He stood up, dragging her along. "Let's get you to your room..." he suggested and wiped some of the tears away as gently as he could. She nodded slowly. It was horrible thought that she would need to go there, that it was her room, but where else could they go? At this moment, she caught his thought of working out all these horrible feelings in simulation room and woman began shaking head violently. "No. No! Don't go there, all simulations... they hurt you for real. People die there," she said to him, eyes wide.

Caleb frowned, but knew better than to doubt her words. Honestly, he did want to, mind reading did seem crazy enough, but he had seen what Nixie could do. "We should warn them," Corynn began vigorously wiping her face, although her eyes were still puffy. At least there was no mascara to smudge. When she looked somewhat presentable, the pair headed back to simulation room.

Some of the 'experiments' had left it by now and she didn't want to go in deeply, but she caught up to Gemini and Arvin. "Do you two plan to use this right now?" she asked. "I'd just like to warn you that if axe swings at you and you don't get out of the way, you'll actually get cleaved..." She had serious tone, but her voice hitched a bit at the end, image coming back to her mind once more.

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The 'gray mouse' slipped out of simulation room soon after Arvin began talking to red-haired woman. There was nothing she could do here. And the dirty tricks of this place she already knew. However, if she started sharing everything she knew, there would be questions how she had learned it and too much unwanted attention on her. She paused in the hallway, watching two siblings, with slight pang of guilt and sadness in her heart. She'd liked to assure them both everything would be fine, but promises are a tricky thing to keep in a place like this. Besides, they had each other. That was more than she had had for years.

She debated going to the kitchen - after meals was the best time to gather food she could eat in solitude. Eating with others wasn't really possible for her, although she'd attend the meals so not to break the image. Maybe they wouldn't force her, though, since she had been here for a while, unlike the group that had been taken on tour. Some of them were rather interesting, really. All, even. But she couldn't quite form solid opinion on them all quite yet. It didn't seem any of them clearly displayed powers, either, except the one with brother.

But where had Rroy gone? It would do good to continue keeping an eye on him. But it would be tricky. His mind had been twisted and altered, his reactions were hard to predict. Although she did have some defenses, the girl didn't feel like testing their efficiency against him right away. She needed a recording device beforehand. It was needed for proper following of the Protocol. Knowing where the man usually went to, she headed for the gym. In truth, she even managed to pass him and another of the 'experiments', but that was even better - it wouldn't seem like she was following him.

When she came to gym, she realized she wasn't first to arrive, though. A calm presence entered her senses. It was hard to distinguish one individual's emotions in a larger group, but as this person was the only 'group', she could read that he was rather calm. Expectant? She, too, wandered over to kitchen area and picked up few apples. What now? Wait for Rroy and the woman? Go to library? Justitia opted for moving towards balcony. It couldn't be suspicious, really.

As she came closer, she recognized this presence, or thought she did. One of the older 'experiments', he was here before her, but not long. He thought no one knew or saw him... She had decided not to break this illusion. After all, she didn't quite seek company of others herself. And as such, she hesitated before walking out on the balcony.