The manipulator is a skillful context observer and transformer.
While many people find context of little relevance and (sometimes even for naivete) show themselves for what they actually are no matter where they are, the manipulator makes context his own home, the spiderweb where he can move rapidly until some insects get lost in it. He adapts to context very rapidly, he studies it and exalts it – it is his main mystification tool.
The manipulator seems to be a very sociable person. He knows very many people (whom he calls friends), but he trusts none of them.