It never made sense to me why our lion would be "punishing" other lions in explore for talking about the tournament? It's not like any of them are being aggressive or doing anything to warrant a punishment. The only encounter instigating your lion to fight is the one where the lion is boasting about being able to beat your king/queen easily.

I propose changing the text to "Spar". It makes sense regarding the event, and roleplay wise it would imply that your king would like some extra practice or wants to give pointers to the event lions.