Neither of those things answered her question. Physical or not, why DOES he have do come and take people's souls out?
Because he's Death, that's why.
I have been contemplating what the basic plot of this story is, and in short: it's me philosophizing through the story of Emily's life and friendship with Dee.
Somehow this makes so much more sense than all of those myths... to think a comic would make more sense than a textbook on mythology and folklore... I love it!
'i made them'
"... fair enough i guess..."