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Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on April 14, 2020, 05:00:23 PM ---Yup, I'd call that successful manipulation on Susan's part.
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Except that she was quite clear about what she wanted and why. Telling the truth was enough. Harry did not need much manipulation anyway. There were no hidden tricks and subtle lies to influence Harry. I see no manipulation here.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on April 14, 2020, 05:25:38 PM ---Except that she was quite clear about what she wanted and why. Telling the truth was enough. Harry did not need much manipulation anyway. There were no hidden tricks and subtle lies to influence Harry. I see no manipulation here.
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In my opinion it was still manipulation, open manipulation to be sure, but that is what it was.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on April 14, 2020, 06:25:05 PM --- In my opinion it was still manipulation, open manipulation to be sure, but that is what it was.
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Susan did not manipulate Harry emotionally or otherwise it was already there as soon as the news reached him befor she was even in Chicago.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Mira on April 14, 2020, 04:39:51 AM ---If he had said it to get her to strike, it would have been a dick move.. But he didn't.
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Why did he say it?
Mira:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on April 14, 2020, 08:49:09 PM ---Why did he say it?
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Maybe as a hope that it wouldn't hurt her, Lea had said she was protected. It is something said
in the stress of the moment and really made no difference. Once Martin confessed that he had told the Red King where to find her daughter, her rage did the rest. If Martin's long game was to rid the
world of the Red Court he succeeded, in the end he was the master manipulator.
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