Just what Peter (and the writers ) want. No wonder A&E are so excited to go to NL–it frees suspension of disbelief of why a character would put a rock and a hard place choice, rather than just kill the hero with the rock. The reason is–Pan is diabolical and enjoying the game, even if he may also have another deeper reason like testing the belief.
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“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass