These are fascinating documents.
The Mary-Lee Walsh letter immediately degrades into a diatrabe recounting all her wrongdoings. It's the same Chris we've always seen when an apology is due. (Most recently, we saw the same passive-aggressive behavior in Chris' video and commissioned drawing for Mr. Smith.)
But that's not the most interesting aspect.
Ten years ago Chris had invented a custom set of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Among these was the
"Apology Letter" spell card, an enchanted scroll bearing the secret incantation, "I AM SO SORRY".
Chris must actually
believe in the power of "Apology Letter" spell cards. That's what we're looking at, isn't it? These are the same spell cards, only brought into the real world through sheer force of will.
The handwriting is amazing, too.
The letters to Wal-Mart and Fashion Square Mall are pratically word-for-word copies of each other. Chris could have typed the letter once and printed two different copies in a fraction of the time it took to him hand-write them. But he chose not to.
Every once in a while, I see someone here allude to Chris' almost-magical belief in the True and Honest power of handwriting. This has always troubled me, because I don't remember any Christorical occasions on which Chris has
directly addressed his predilection for hand-written documents. When I saw people talking about this, I'd always thought they were making it up.
But here the evidence is hard to ignore. Why would anyone write two identical letters by hand unless they thought doing so granted said missives special powers? Why would Chris' certificates of authenticity mention that his "hand" went into the work if he didn't think it was significant? Why did Chris specifically ask the fake Miyamoto for a
hand-written letter when he was conducting a business transaction?
I can't imagine any other explanation: Chris must
genuinely believe that hand-written documents carry magical power.