Talk:Penpal/@comment-25181621-20140715064140/@comment-4983187-20140722143130

Hey man, I had the same question and I emailed Dathan about it because it seemed like an inadvertent mistake a lot of authors don't consider. Dathan replied and said it is up to the reader. It's true that Josh was basically held captive for two years by Penpal. However, given that Penpal finally dressed Josh up as Dathan (I use the author's name for the narrator), it suggests that Penpal really loved Dathan all along. Since he could never have Dathan, he tried for two years to make Josh something he wasn't. Josh's death suggests that Penpal either came to believe that Josh COULD replace Dathan, or it means that Penpal became delusional and did with what he had. It's really up to your imagination, and, come to think of it, if it were you Penpal were after, realization of this little detail would be horrifying and unnerving. Hope I helped :)