Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160102160723/@comment-4010415-20160102223017

The Trumpet player of wrote: Was the girl who thanked cinder emerald ? Yeah.

It seems Emerald was poor and on her own, resorting to using her Semblance to easily steal from people. She likely stole that ring to sell, so she'd have money for food.

Cinder told her that if she worked for her, she'd never go hungry again. So, Emerald thanked her.