OoC: @Slenn Yes. It seems the creator's soul was being used by Joe, the Pie Lord, and one other character that I don't remember. When she stabbed the Pie Lord, it released the creator's soul and since those bodies no longer had that soul they died. I'm not really sure how to explain it. I guess you could say that they were bound to the creator's soul and without it could sustain there own lives. It made them 'real boys" so to speak. Pie Lord even used a Pinocchio reference during the confrontation.