[ Well, usually no. Ingo being less than unfailingly polite and courteous— that isn't the case even with Emmet, generally. Not unless there's no stakes involved. Just pointless banter and badgering, bickering back and forth with no real animosity, because both of them are competitive and have a tendency to never want to back down. The kind of thing you can only really do because you know what to expect from the other person, can anticipate their responses, and it's all just play, in the end.

Ingo's polite! That is for sure! But there is a difference between civil servant and public figure Subway Boss Ingo polite and just ... Ingo polite, in a more relaxed setting? Among friends? (With Emmet?) Surely Warden Ingo has discovered the same difference? ... Surely?

("You were far from other people. Was it lonely?")

... For no particular reason, Emmet presses closer to Ingo. ]

I have been avoiding it. Actively comparing, looking for the similarities. That is not fair to you. I do not want you to have to try to be who you think I think you are. But since you are asking ...

[ He falls silent for a moment, thinking through the words he needs to try to slot together. ]

You're you. [ he ends up saying, simply. ] I am Emmet. I recognized you when we met. I just told myself it couldn't possibly be true. That I was just imagining it all, any familiarity I saw or felt, because I missed you. Until you said what you did at the start of that battle, and I couldn't explain that away as anything else.