User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Volume 2 Speculation: New characters/@comment-24631732-20140522155735

I think that Penny is over protected by the man in the screenshot becuse she is supposed to fufil some higher purpose which she may be reluctant to do. She looks almost scared standing next to him, and come on, who has that many bodyguards to protect two people. She could either be a highly advanced robot/cyborg that he doesn't want to fall into the wrong hands or maybe to contiue his work after he is unable to do so (like with Comstock and Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite).