"No. Rudeness is rude. You are rude, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not. You have been some variation of rude in nearly every encounter I've had with you, and I do believe I've had my fill of it."
He laid two cards out neatly next to each other and looked up, raising an eyebrow. "Professor Lazzara, this task needs to be accomplished. I can't imagine anyone less suited to it than you, but the fact remains that it must be completed. Now that you are removing your objectionable presence instead of me being forced to remove myself from it, I see no reason not to remain and finish here."