Based on the premise "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.", can we conclude the hypothesis "Even without souls they could do whatever they wanted. " is true (see options)?

Select from:
(A). yes
(B). it is not possible to tell
(C). no
(C).