Talk:Penpal/@comment-26373874-20150506041814

So here's my spitball theory.

Penpal was a highly disturbed individual (obviously) who repeatedly drugged and sexually assaulted different women in attempts to get them pregnant. When one of them (the narrator's mother) did conceive and decide to keep the child, he became obssessed with his son.

When he found out that his son's class was doing the balloon project, he managed to get his hands on his son's balloon (how? weak point in my theory) and used it as a way to open communication with him. His "love" for the narrator was an intense father's love twisted into something predatory and sexual.

Also, does someone have an explanation for the snowcone machine? Why was it taken away? Was it just because the narrator's mother was nervous about the stalker? Or was there a specific reason? It was mentioned a few different times, but I don't remember a reason being given.