If Ten was pressed on it, he'd emphasize that it isn't "no" but more that it's much more complicated than just being nice or not. Eight had a lot on his plate, arguably more than Nine did, but he wasn't as stubborn as she was about hers.

"The Wizard and Eleven made the plan but they're not here. Eight and Nine are working. Twelve won't talk to you probably." He answers, inserting an artificial pause in the text-to-speech because he knows the phone will just keep talking without pauses otherwise.

"Five is more articulate but hates you. I know most of the plan." He concludes, inserting another pause before finishing:

"Not an easy answer sorry."