User blog comment:LoganWoerner/January 2014 Blueprint: Merall vs. Niha/@comment-24510871-20131231025255/@comment-2215631-20131231160803

Well, since Niha is new to the world and as innocent as a bunny (they are innocent, right?), she won't know exacly how to go about fighting in a way that is most efficient. Although she is a robot, she has free will and can decide against her programming, if she sees fit. That's the deal with artificial intelligence: she can't be controlled completely.

When Niha was built, she was programmed with the experiences of fighters that the Xian manufacturers surveyed. Niha knows much about fighting, especially hand-to-hand combat, but she doesn't know everything.