If there was one thing that Carol didn't envy about her other self it was that whole being in charge thing. She was a really good leader, but government agents were all caught up in red tape. That wasn't her thing at all. Who wanted to man phones when you could get out and charge up into the sky? Definitely not this Carol. Though she did admire the way that the other her did such a good job of being in charge of SWORD.
It was very possible that she should have said something to Carol about the headaches. Ask her about things, make sure that she was okay. Because she was still going by Ms. Marvel, she had assumed that the other her was okay. That was such a bad assumption, but she wasn't even thinking about it. Probably because she forgot things. It was faster and easier for the two of them go up and see what was what before they sent up satellites or whatever. Truthfully she was more than happy to do it because she was feeling really bored. Besides helping out all those people the other day.
Carol grinned brightly at the other version of herself and took off after Carol, racing as fast and as high as she possibly could. Up and up towards where that light had been.