Hesitant
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It's only because his opponent wasn't evil at heart and was hesitant to kill him, allowing a flashbang to disorient her long enough that he managed to survive at all.
Source: Light Novel / Black Bullet -
The Quiet One: Makina when she first arrived at Mihama would speak very little and had a hesitant, pausing tone like she hadnt spoken much in a long time.
Source: Visual Novel / Grisaia no Rakuen - Part of the lore suggests, apparently, that at least part of the reason that the Ur-Quan are so hesitant to use the Sa-Matra is because it's practically a religious artifact to them, representing the power to ensure that nobody can ever enslave them again (long story).
Source: Holding Back the Phlebotinum
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