To create a conflict for this episode I guess. This is one of my least favorite episodes in the show. Maybe the fire nation was offering rewards for people snitching. I doubt it though. No old man is gonna get himself crushed under a mine collapse just to send an earth bender to a camp. It’s just dumb.
He might not have gotten himself crushed just to snitch on an earth bender, but if there was a reward or if he feared for his and his family’s safety if it was found out he knew about earth benders,than that could be enough for him to snitch.
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u/Few-Mail3887 Mar 30 '25
To create a conflict for this episode I guess. This is one of my least favorite episodes in the show. Maybe the fire nation was offering rewards for people snitching. I doubt it though. No old man is gonna get himself crushed under a mine collapse just to send an earth bender to a camp. It’s just dumb.