Veiled Dementors; Was Re: The DD Brothers and The Dementors

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 81337

Donna wrote:
> This was my opinion about dementors from post number 79422...
> I got the impression that these souless people became dementors 
> themselves. <snip> IMO, when the dementors first came into being, 
> the "kiss" was an attempt to regain a soul. <snip> The description 
> of the dementor's hand in PoA certainly reminded me of decaying 
flesh.

Well, okay, but then Al said, in post #81323

Al:
> I don't think soul-sucked people become Dementors, in any case.
> There was an interview with Rowling (Canadian Press, October 25,
> 2000) where she said Dementors don't breed but grow like fungi
> wherever there's decay.

So I guess we're both wrong. JKR said so, sort of. Anyway, I *still* 
want to know--what *happens* to a soul sucked by a dementor? Is it 
<shudder> digested? Is there by-product? Or is it just *gone*?

Sandy, who thinks that "decay" comment supports Pip's new MD