[rintense]

He still could have shot her and made her situation even more dire.

[ontos-on]

you mean shoot her and not kill [?], so that JB needs to help her? the brachial artery slash makes clear to JB exactly how much time she has and makes it more urgent for
JB to get involved in helping her r/t taking care of
h first. i dont recall now but i dont think H made JB give up his gun. that's curious, [that's a factor which would have allowed JB to shoot at H before helping her] do you remember that better than i do now? it is odd how JB gave up the tape--i still wonder whether it was the real tape.