earn your stripes

Ulmaria debated what to do. She was too scared to jump back in the fray but she didn't want the guys to think she was a coward for hunkering down in the badger hole. Maybe she could distract the cat a bit? Ulmaria raced across the terrain whooping and hollering, trying to distract the tiger so that maybe one of the others, probably Álarr, could land a blow to end this fight. She scrambled through the brush, looping back as she did so. She tried to keep the badger hole always in sight in order to give herself enough time to dive back into it should the tiger break loose and come after her again.