He is 34. He's very high in the fire nation government. He's working with a coworker at their house, he didn't like the guy but what could he do? The man offered him tea and he had accepted, but when a slave brought it to him he felt bad for accepting. He didn't know what to do, he wanted to help her. She looked terrified, she was bony and her clothes were cheap. He hated slavery. "I want to buy her, state your price" he said, without thinking it through. He wanted to set her free.