If a car could ever emanate the feeling of being given a deadpan stare, it would be Prowl at this very moment.

He doesn't appear to find the situation or her answer to be amusing at all. In fact, he probably would have shifted back if he weren't convinced it'd only exacerbate the situation. So he'll just draw a line at talking car.

"Do I really need to give you the run down of proper Autobot protocol among other species?"

Because he will. The longform version, too.