"I practically just spelled it out to you! You figure it out and tell me!"

Because Espio couldn't just make it easy. No. That would mean talking about his feelings - as far as he was concerned, he'd already done more than enough of that.

Besides...

"And anyway, I was doing fine until you came in and started taking everything way too seriously - I mean, sure, Grell took advantage, but even so that's what I'd expect from Furor!"