In his first encounter he seems to be willing to overlook the fact that they were sent for as he humors them to some extent. He is wary of their entrance and makes that clear but he welcomes them to Elsinore and appears to take at least some pleasure in their company.
In their second interaction, he sees them entirely as agents from the king and wonders why they would try to play him as they would a pipe. His enormous disdain for not only their intelligence but also for them as lackeys of the king is set out for everyone to see. He plays them perhaps as they would have liked to play him and is absolutely brutal with them compared to his earlier somewhat accepting attitude.
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