humanity

Clever though the manipulator might be, he can only, albeit wonderfully, simulate or emulate humanity. It is a clonation of more or less typical human behaviors and mechanisms which the manipulator has seen in other people. Tears, victimism, bouts and aggressiveness, escape and silence, sad looks and languid eyes, anger, sex and seduction , smiles, esteem and congratulations, hugs and solidarity, are almost never his own real emotions, but something he reproduces for the circumstance and very often against his real feelings (in order to mask, disorient or confuse). He imitates whatever is imitable.

The manipulator has one limit, though: while the healthy human being is really complex and unpredictable, the imitator will sooner or later appear trivial and repetitious. That day will be the beginning of the end for him and the beginning of liberation for you, as each facet will come out to complete the whole picture of the trap he has lain for you.

However flexible and intelligent the manipulator might be, he has his own limits as well, and his megalomania (playing God with the life of others) will likely lead him to failure and misery on account of his hidden behavior.