The moment Leela said that the time for talking was long past, Leia tensed and prepared to get out of the way. After all, if you can't reason with the crazy, it was important to get away. Or to fight and Leia was a fighter. Being a princess meant nothing in Leia's world. She'd been better at self defense and marksmanship than princess classes anyway. Well, she was good at diplomacy as well but that wasn't going to be in the cards at the moment as Leela didn't want to listen.
And there was the knife. Well, this was going to be interesting. As Leela launched herself at her, the princess dodged and reached out, grabbing Leela's arm to throw her on the ground. Oh, Leia wasn't going down without a fight. She was just going to refrain from using her gun unless it were absolutely necessary. There were enough deaths already at Alema's hands. And this woman was obviously under the blue woman's control. Why else would she be blaming Leia for something she had no connection to.