23 Years old and 'Totally a trained Superhero' (minor spoilers)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, children of all ages (lol sorry I couldn't resist) ... Once more we are attempting to tie Real Life/Time to a game/comic. In SSA arc # 5 Statesman died at the hands of Darrin Wade and yet the same day I completed that arc I was in IP and waved at STATESMAN standing around on the deck of that ship ready to send heroes off to battle Lord Recluse. In SSA # 6 we now know that Sister Psyche also perishes but last I checked she is still outside the hospital in IP sending heroes off to battle Freakshow and Claymor.

The explanation... those events (the TF) occurred in a time before the SSAs cause their demise. Now I haven't seen anything, then again I wasn't looking, that states that Penny is now 23 and was or wasn't 18 back when Faultline was revamped and she appeared.. yeah I wouldn't have guessed she 18 either. But we are dealing with a fanatsy game here and how many movies, TV shows, etc have you seen where in one scene an actor is a small child and in the very next one 20 years have gone by and they are a full grown adult? So five years have passed since Penelope Yin appeared in Faultline and began asking us to rescue her dad.. where exactly is it written in stone that now (5 year of rl later) she can't be 23, 33 or even 103?

Now frankly if the Devs are saying she was 18 in 2009 and is 23 now they are grasping at straws.. would have been easier to just say time has passed and she's an adult now. Her character still looks fairly youthful in the SSA arc and until grey hairs and wrinkle start to appear if anyone works out, watches their diet and takes care of themselves can you really tell if someone is 20 or 35 without taking to them and getting a feel for their level of maturity? LOL frankly with some of the people I have worked with/for over the years I know 40 year old males that still act like they are 15 most of the time.

Here's an interesting question - If CK is Penny's mysterious trainer then what does that say about him? Is he coming to terms with his own condition and cognizant of the true source of his "robotics" skills?

There's at least one universe where that knowledge resulted in the extinguishing of humanity...