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As I understand it, typical manipulation is to "isolate" your victim and be the "savior".A bullying victim's only support dangling a bait in front of him.
Calling it now, that guy IS the reason the rumors spread.
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I've never seen such an obvious redflag how does MC not see it? You can smell this sunbaes rotten core from miles away. Even a blind person can spot such an obvious redflag who likes gaslighting, manipulating people and who thinks he's better than others and egotistic to the point where he things everything should work out the way he wants to. He should go fuck himself (╬￣皿￣)凸