Oh noes!
Not his EnEmY?!?!^#
Ohhh! I sew scawwed! Is Colgate gonna cwy on meenie poo-poo bladder?
Because this kid just sat and cried while literal violence happened to him and in front of him; no way he's gonna actually do anything just because a gobbo-gurl punched his brother.
I mean, he might run away and cry on his pillow?
But he is fully Emo at this point; he just needs a some greasy, unwashed black hair over his left eye, and he's ready to lay down and quit at his brother... but he's for sure not gonna declare at him.
If he has already accepted this level of behavior, and the soldiers have accepted it? That means it is fully normal behavior in their society, and this Colgate character hasn't completely withdrawn from society, or anything; he's completely accepting of how that society works.
So... it's hella weird.
OR!
It's always possible that this is a decent story that just has a dipshit moron as the writer!
Maybe it's just shitty writing?
Like... ridiculously, insanely BAD, terrible, utterly gross, shitty writing?
(Okay, I'm having too much fun with my roast, please don't flame me)