I will look into the Machine Elemental thing. But can you elaborate what you mean with 'Bramble Fairy doesn't always recognize fleeing'?
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In the room west to the first Machine Elemental (as you pass down through the locked gate, and then go west) there is an encounter with a Bramble Fairy, who wants player to flee to play vanquish said player. In the combat dialogue, the flee option sometimes doesn't work, as Fairy then "blocks your exit" and prevents escape. On a reload, it did work.