Peace was never an option

Briar worked together with her group of pack mates as they all drove in toward the bear with snarls and barks, her and Fern keeping more to being a distraction and intimidating while Rudyard and Artorias got closer and put in attacks of their own on the bear's back leg. She would occassionally lunge in as if she was going to attack just to keep the bear's attention from landing and settling too firmly on Rudy or Art so it couldn't get any ideas about trying to over power either of them. The bear's confusion seemed to continue giving way to anger at the sudden attack and it got more hostile, swiping at Art and kicking up dirt when it missed. So far they had all managed to avoid getting hurt and she planned for it to stay that way as they drove off the bear.

She noticed Fern inching her way around to be closer to Rudyard, leaving a side of the circle they had formed open to give the bear the option to run if it felt so inclined. She started to do the same as she shifted around toward Artorias, both to focus all of their efforts in directing the bear away from the territory and out into some other part of Auster. She didn't really care where it went, she just needed it to not be here or in Hallows territory. In her efforts to encourage it to get moving, Briar jumped in to bite at its side, but didn't linger long, making fast jabs with her attack to make it hard for it to hit her and to hopefully overwhelm it and make it clear they weren't backing down.

"Briar Carpathius"