 PLOT: Azeems life debt is to repay Robin for saving his life and  can only be fulfilled by saving Robin. Azeem saved Robin twice  though before they even left the jail. First he alerts Robin to a  guard attacking from the rear just in time for Robin to defend  himself (before Robin ever helped Azeem). And then he led Robin out  of the prison. Azeem even acknowledges the importance of this second  act when he says that "If you do not you will surely die."