Whatever had been done to them--or perhaps the absence of a true soul, whatever that was--left them rigidly bound to their past ideas and totally incapable of doing more than following orders by routine now.
Whatever happened to their souls left them incapable of free will.
Even without souls they could do whatever they wanted.
It would be informative to split the IC mail exchange into two groups.
He yelled at the other judges for agreeing with him so quickly.
The boys are listening to the coach.
I did do it.
geting ready to sell items at a market
The man is eating a bagel.