User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Painting The Town In Depth - The characters/@comment-2006510-20140817165536

I hardly think it's poor character pacing - we have to remember that despite slowly gaining experience, Ruby is still more comfortable around weapons than people

Penny just outed herself as a robot, and who Ruby's seen firsthand wipe the floor with White Fang soldiers and several Airjets single-handedly (which she wondered at). And after weeks of worry, surprise that her friend wasn't human was expected, but after that?

She'd be fairly happy to have such a friend, and is sweet about it by saying Penny's still real - the squeeing can simply wait