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Utter solitude wrote: Magical objects retain their magic.

It would also seem that the hearts one can rip from your body is not your literal heart, but more of a symbol of your life force. You can't walk around without something pumping the blood in your body. Agreed. The magical heart is more of a physical version of metaphorical way to say that your life and all thoughts, actions, and emotions are in their hand.

Otherwise, why not rip out lungs, etc. They seemingly reach through the rib cage and all and never seem to miss. I think it is so.

Magical items hold their magical properties. So, either it works like above or it's their literal hearts infused with magic and reality adjust for it by filling in the gaping hole in their chest, lol.