"It will not work." He has tried it. He knows. He takes the rebuke for what it is: a refusal and drops the title of 'brother'. "It is better to plan an opposition from a strategic advantage. I am giving you information no one gave me, so you can make a better approach."

If people had tried to give him wisdom, before his foolish display, he probably would not have heeded them, either. He could only warn, and be there to pick up the pieces, as no one had been for him.

"They will teach you a lesson in your own language, or force you to learn a new one." As he had.