I haven't read the book, so I can only guess what "grasshopper" means. Does it mean bouncing back the conversation and saying insightful and perfectly appropriate things without taking any risks to reveal oneself? If so, that's my enfj dad in a nutshell.
From what I've gleaned here, these things sound all-too familiar. I have a hard time being friends with other NFs in real life--maybe because we're playing identical roles? I like NFs, but somehow we never "meet". It's like we look at one another and both go, "Yikes! You just saw me! You're not supposed to see me yet!" and then make superhuman efforts to hide without seeming to be hiding.
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