Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31516341-20170619120207/@comment-918376-20170619143718

They've always had feelings, just like any Lander after the Catastrophe.

The robotic part is their detection system, which only revolves around the basis of Combat actions within the city. So they only respond to actual weapon clashing, combat spells cast, and/or HP damage sustained. No other Guard reacted to Kyouko's clash against Nelles because he had the Royal Guard armor on, so their detection system reported her incident basically as "A Guard is already on the case" and not "Someone went rogue and is attacking Adventurers."