>>Hmmmmm, I'm not sure about this one. Is it wrong to be thinking too
>>much of the first game, where her own attacks could kill her?
>
>That seems more like a rookie programming oversight than a feature of
>the lore, I'm just saying. :)

Ehhh, while I make no claims to being -good- at Highly Responsive to Prayers, I have played the game, and it really seemed like a deliberate mechanical design to me. (It's a really weird game compared to the later ones.)

One of the official profiles does say she "doesn't like to train", but when you put them together it's more like she's developed a power she initially had limited ability to control into an effective tool through practical application - kinda like how Utena learned swordfighting.

-IA.

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