>> Which, given how many Autistic people process passive aggressive attempts to start fights, would likely be met by Bottleneck happily endorsing her choices and basking in that sweet compersion. <<

happy *clap clap clap* agree *snap snap snap*

Whyever not? She is a person and can make decisions; if she wants Bottleneck to do something different she could just tell him, right? *laughter at own mindset; rueful self-knowledge; delighted acknowledgment that it is Always More Complicated than that because people are different from each other*