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Master Manipulator

Your name is known throughout the land. Everywhere your surname is spoken, it strikes fear or outrage among the public. You take pleasure in turning others against each other. Whether it is family or bitter rivals, you push their buttons with utter delight. While they fight each other, you watch from a figurative box seat. Anybody can become a victim of yours. You feed off on the unrelenting rage, sorrow, or faults of the weak. Even when the victims know your tactics, you find another hidden secret they hide and torture them. The pain whether physical, mental, or emotional cuts so deep that their spirits shatter right in front of your eyes. They lash out at you, but becomes you are calm you end victorious. "The truth always hurts", so says the master manipulator.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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