If they are negatively manipulative I avoid them. If they are positively manipulative , I try to help them be more direct with me so they don’t have to hide information from me or don’t have to mislead me in order for us to enhance our interaction. I did have one incident though, with a woman who pretended to talk to me in a foreign language. I tried to be straight forward with her, but she persisted as if she wanted me to respond in her made up language. This was way beyond my skill level, so I tried to walk away and she actually stuck her arm out to block my path. I started to get into panicy survival mode and I turned around and walked into a crowd of people for protection. She looked a little disappointed and had I been more prepared for our encounter, I might have handled this more productivly. And I still regret that I wasn’t better able to interact with her. In retrospect, she seemed very delightful and playful.