Those are two very different situations, Dave. Bro was an authority figure whom you hero worshiped, who took advantage of that. Whereas you're just Dirk's brother. He can say no without repercussions, and I'm certain he's aware of that. Whether he likes to say no to you or not isn't really your responsibility, it's his. The balance of power and actual relationship is entirely different. Your only responsibility is to not take advantage of his love for you by, say, guilting him into creating a giant killer shark to murder the entire base, or something. And if you were to ask that, he is still fully capable of saying no. That's an outlandish example, but I think you get my meaning.
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Bro was an authority figure whom you hero worshiped, who took advantage of that.
Whereas you're just Dirk's brother. He can say no without repercussions, and I'm certain he's aware of that. Whether he likes to say no to you or not isn't really your responsibility, it's his. The balance of power and actual relationship is entirely different.
Your only responsibility is to not take advantage of his love for you by, say, guilting him into creating a giant killer shark to murder the entire base, or something. And if you were to ask that, he is still fully capable of saying no. That's an outlandish example, but I think you get my meaning.