In my headcanon, he went to a hospital (or something similar), and there, Fire Nation soldiers got suspicious since this old man had bruises all over his body.
He also couldn't come up with excuses for either the bruises or how he got rescued without earthbending at all, so he had to snitch to protect himself.
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u/Ringlhaeuser Mar 31 '25
Out of fear, —just like most people wrote it.
In my headcanon, he went to a hospital (or something similar), and there, Fire Nation soldiers got suspicious since this old man had bruises all over his body. He also couldn't come up with excuses for either the bruises or how he got rescued without earthbending at all, so he had to snitch to protect himself.