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hello? this goes unreasonably hard but i also kinda wanted my mental health and forgot that this is the episode where he hallucinates doing the "watch mumbo do his intro" bit

Jimmy runs away, while Martyn is the one who goes to fight. It could just be them making different decisions, or Martyn telling Jimmy "no, go hide. I'm a better fighter than you anyway".

The main point is that Martyn dies, and Jimmy goes through the exact set of circumstances Martyn did: hearing the thunder strikes, fearing for his life and coming to the false conclusion that red's are being hunted, hiding in the cobblerooms. After the Wither is slain, he breathes a sigh of relief, and looks around for Martyn- just, for a second, forgetting- and finding a corpse instead.

Imagine Jimmy experiencing loss and mourning for the first time. Imagine him snapping out "I was sure you were hunting reds!" and being laughed at. Imagine him scratching out his name on that gravestone and replacing it with his closest allies. Imagine him burying the body, all alone, only taking Martyn's headband from the grave before shoveling the dirt back on top.

If we continue down this branch and say everything Martyn did, Jimmy did as well, that answers a lot of questions behind the actions themselves. He promises revenge, but can't bring himself to, because he's never killed someone purposefully (and he doesn't want anyone else to feel this pain.) He wanders around in a daze, unsure of what to do, almost wanting to die so he can at least feel something familiar.