Human: Why does Fairweather paradoxically find his feelings of humanity expanding to include Englishmen, colonials and Māoris? Assistant: 
Fairweather paradoxically finds his feelings of humanity expanding to include Englishmen, colonials and Māoris because he is drawn by love and humanity back into the world of colonial New Zealand and the maelstrom of the New Zealand Wars, not altogether disagreeable, as he finds to his surprise. Pursuing Te Kooti as an officer and commander in the colonial militia, while perfecting his ability to destroy Te Kooti's rebellious “