What happens to body after dementor kiss ?

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 79412

Sam:
>Sorry if this was asked before but what happens to the bodies of 
>those who have received the dementor's kiss ? are they dead? are 
>they buried ? are they organ donors ? soylent green ?  couldnt find 
>a cite on this in canon ...



PoA pg 247 US hardcover:

"They call it the Dementor's Kiss, " said Lupin, with a slightly 
twisted smile. "It's what the dementors do to those they wish to 
destroy utterly.  I suppose there must be some kind of mouth under 
there, because they clamp their jaws upon the mouth of the victim - 
and suck out his soul."

Harry accidentally spat out a bit of butterbeer.

"What - they kill- ?"

"Oh no," said Lupin.  "Much worse than that.  You can exist without 
your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still 
working.  But you'll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no... 
anything. There's no chance at all of recovery.  You'll just - 
exist.  As an empty shell.  And your soul is gone forever... lost."


Sounds pretty awful to me.

~Margaret