The rule of thumb was always “models usually don’t seek out wallhuggers”. It’s frequent enough that there’s a help desk you’re supposed to call or email and let know when it happens who’ll walk you thru the steps so you can make sure you’re not being manipulated.

… honestly, it’s service I wish was offered to civilians. State subsidized autism relationship advice hotline.

Yeah James Bond was based off saboteuers not spies (specifically the unit the author was involved with). And a lot of intelligence work is just adversarial mathematics. Most spies are just ordinary people who are good at blending into the background and paying attention without seeming like it