At this point when these were written he may have realized he oopsie doodled. It was when they kept giving him chances to improve and clarify his pleading, but he instead insisted he needed Quasi's identity. He's stupid enough to not have realized but most would have seen the truth by this point. For 100% sure there was a time when Pat was high on the prospect of his victory and forthcoming fame as the nazi slayer, but I think when these messages were written he was in the declining confidence stage.Yeah, I think he really thought he was winning. A man who can't imagine having $17k in the bank suddenly had $100k+ to attackhis high school bullieshis atalkers, he had a boutique internet lawyer on the job and a plan to shut down this website once he got Quasi's name, just like Kiwifarms was shut down once Josh Moon got doxxed.... And all he had to do was out-spend Quasi with the SFWA's money.
Happy days!