Red was feeling overly confident from her solid hit on Jace’s side, even as it made her dizzy. She stepped back afterwards, intent on driving into him again, but then he straightened quickly and charged at her, aiming for her shoulders. She backpedaled, trying to get out of the way fast enough, but he still managed to hit her. It wasn’t very hard, but it was enough to cause her to stumble, and stumble she did.
As she straightened and tried to catch her breath, she was also trying to figure out how to knock him over. And then she got it. He was big, so going straight at his body as a whole wouldn’t do much, like throwing herself at a boulder. A furry boulder. But if she got at that boulder’s foundation and messed it up, the rock would come tumbling down. She had to get his legs. If she threw herself at his legs, he would be knocked off balance.
Quickly — hopefully before he noticed — she bunched up and sprang at him, aiming right at his front legs with the intent of knocking into them and causing Jace to collapse. If it didn’t work, she’d have to back up and rethink her strategy.