Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20131128190230/@comment-9241531-20131202230455

Maybe it's something we'll never be told, left to decide for ourselves.

But I'd be happy if they revealed a deeper connection between the two. I personally like the suggestion of Pan having saved Felix from a worser fate. (The Malcom in Pan trying to save a young boy from a delinquent father, perhaps?)