[There's a moment when he leans forward, glass abandoned to the table--but when that doesn't provide enough closure, he abandons his normal spot in favor of the couch just beside Peggy. Easier on them both, he decides, rather than passing the book back and forth or trying to stretch between points of interest among the pages. And it only takes a few seconds besides, allowing Rip to scoop up the notebook and refresh himself on just what she has illuminated.]

There was at least one other person named Cisco Ramon. [As came out in the open afterward, thanks to the efforts of one Georgia Mason. But far, far more interesting is when Peggy confesses her own connection to Leo Fitz; it has Rip's head shooting up, his gaze meeting hers as gears click into place.]

One of the ones who looks to you as a leadership figure, then? [Oh, but this could be useful, quite so, and there's a sudden steel in Rip's eyes as he continues on.] After the whole affair, Fitz was quite adamant that he wouldn't be conducting such an experiment again. Yet from the details released, it may have in fact been the most successful attempt at any such portal made.

[Meaning that the research and the results could prove vital in terms of any future attempts--but only if the remaining mind behind those efforts could be talked out of his self-imposed restrictions.]