Talk:Rubicon/@comment-4554525-20150207034507/@comment-25176701-20150207035030

Clarke did it because less oxygen would mean that Emerson would have to get back to Mount Weather faster. She wanted Emerson to go faster because she probably hoped that the message he had to give to Cage would delay the Mountain Men's plans of using the 47 (Like, she probably hoped the message would take their minds off of using the 47 by focusing on the threat she wanted Emerson to deliver).

It was a stupid move, I agree. If Emerson didn't make it back in time then the message wouldn't have been delivered and the Mountain Men would not have had something else to focus on besides using the 47.