Talk:Penpal/@comment-24516896-20140207135146/@comment-24565963-20140219080752

From the way I took it, the meaning of those words can be explained when they found Josh, as well as other parts of the story.

In the story, it is said that the narrator's mother can only tell them apart by their hair; Josh having dirty blonde hair( like Veronica), while her son has dark brown hair.

When they find Josh's body, his hair is dyed dark brown, and he is wearing clothing too small for him. Going back to the section Boxes, it is said that the narrator had left clothing at his old house.

From this, it is taken that when the narrator moved away ("You left."), that the man who was stalking the narrator turned his attention onto Josh as a replacement. Using the clothing that was the narrator's when he was younger, dying his hair, and pinning the image of him younger, the man was projecting the image of him onto Josh.

That's how I took it anyway.