User blog comment:TheNewProtagonist/So... dem Auras, huh?/@comment-11481298-20130823055527/@comment-5611782-20130824113221

To think of it from Ruby's perspective, though, Weiss WAS just standing there for a good 30 seconds doing nothing while the monsters prepared to rip her to pieces. She probably just assumed she froze, and went for the most immediate threat. Though personally, I think rifle mode would have been a better choice.

And on top of that, Weiss summerily decided to abandon the fight, so they're probably going  to be followed and have to go through the whole thing all over again. "This isn't a game, Weiss. It's not sparring, and it's not practise. They. Are going. To kill you."