It was ambiguous. It's not terrible, that's why Mom and Dad taught us, and why we are good at what we do. It's fucked up, but that's how it is.
No, you're getting at the idea of a 'soul' or some kind of special moral center. And I'm telling you that's pretty much bullshit. I mean, sure, humanity is the cuddling and intimacy and friendships and all that, but humanity is also rape, murder, and genocide. Hell, somebody's weaponizing Kellis Amberlee and used it to target Senator Ryman's kids. Killed their little girl and his parents. One thing I remember from my gen ed classes is learning that the murder rate in prehistory might have been as high as 10-15%. As in one in ten people was murdered.
Texas is as human as you are, it's just not the part we like talking about.