[It is definitely a Poe thing, and on some level he knows this - the other AI have all but formally ostracized him, even before the Rawling incident - but he doesn't have it in him to spite quite so thoroughly. So he frowns, considering his words, politely leaving "for example, Mr. Kovacs, you do have your rude moments" unsaid somewhere in his digital brain.]

It does, I suppose. But if I have no objections, why should any be made on my behalf? Of course, I do find rudeness supremely objectionable, as you've noticed—but that is beside the point.

[He does, actually, refuse to listen on the regular. Surely passive-aggression helps his case.]