<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishChochote kilichokuwa kimefanywa kwao - au labda kutokuwepo kwa roho ya kweli, chochote hicho kilikuwa - kiliwaacha wamefungwa kwa dhati kwa mawazo yao ya zamani na hawawezi kabisa kufanya zaidi ya kufuata amri kwa kawaida sasa.  <response>: 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. 