Great disappointment (2)

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Judith's POV

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Josh's situation was messed up, and by messed up I mean messed up to the point where I knew I had to do something very quickly if I wanted to help him.

However...

Although I knew that the problem would be solved with just one damn swing of my axe if I got involved in his fight, I wasn't yet desperate to the point of deciding to intervene directly since it would be going against that asshole's stupid rules and I felt that doing so would lead to fucked up consequences. 

Fortunately, Josh didn't seem to be out of breath to the point of being in immediate danger, it was only a matter of time before it came to that, but maybe that time was enough for me to say something that would prevent him from reaching that stage, 'Anyway, if the gentle approach doesn't work and worst comes to worst, Evan won't hold back.' I thought to myself as I glanced at the latter...