It is very effective, especially when the things that don't want to kill her will stop and talk. Instead of say, stop, talk and then try and step on her. And once Pharma is done talking there is another long pause as Miria sizes the Cybertronian up.

"This Unit has been exercising caution after it's encounter with a hostile upon this planet already," she replies, her voice obviously female but very robotic and lacking emotional inflection.