He could learn that his curiosity caused discomfort, then mistake the discomfort for something wrong with him.

“Have you told him that his questions were reasonable?” I asked.

“I will.”

“Please do.”

She nodded.

I did not know every conversation they had had over nine years.

I would not replace that uncertainty with a story of constant deliberate manipulation.

Samantha might have been loving and attentive in many parts of his life while failing him in this one.