If you read this Chris Avellone post with certain emphasis, and particularly pay note to one of the comments that he doesn't touch on as much:
http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=25810
I think its clear that the above was more or less what was intended.
Not as much fun, perhaps, but you have to admit that there is a little more realism to it.
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Realism doesn't pertain to Mira, where she says the same refusal lines over and over everytime you try to hit on her.