[Oh yeah, Pokey notices that but he doesn't say anything. He'll just let you hold on to that for now, even though he'd love to shame you. He'll just let you stew in it yourself for the moment, even if he'd love to know because hey it's not like your his friend or anything.]

Either is possible, and could work essentially the same way.

...I believe it. Fully. I know you can do something like what they claimed to do with the generator we saw.